How long can you harvest rhubarb? We regret to inform you that the 2023 rhubarb season is coming to an end. Officially, the so-called St. John's Day, June 24th, is considered the end of the season. So it's time to harvest the last rhubarb sticks and start preparing a variety of delicacies. You can also freeze the vegetables and prepare them at other times. And then you can, for example, prepare a delicious, refreshing rhubarb drink regularly throughout the summer. Whether it's liqueur, juice, schnapps or a simple compote without sugar for the children, our recipe collection has something for everyone.
Prepare non-alcoholic drinks
For the hot summer days and to refresh the whole family including children, non-alcoholic, cold drinks are simply wonderful. Juices, spritzers and even the classic compote are perfect for chilling on the terrace or by the pool.
Make rhubarb juice with any fruit
It's so wonderfully easy to make rhubarb juice! You need:
- 1 kg rhubarb stalks, cleaned (peeling is unnecessary), cut into pieces
- 250g sugar
- 1.5 liters of water
- freshly squeezed juice from an organic lemon
The rhubarb drink recipe:
If you now want to make the rhubarb juice, heat the water with the sugar in a pot on the stove. Once the water is boiling, add the vegetables and lemon juice. After 15 minutes of cooking, puree everything and put it through a sieve to bring it to the boil again. Pour the finished juice into sterilized glass bottles.
Tipp:If you have a few other seasonal fruits available, you can also use them by simply replacing some of the rhubarb. For example, a strawberry-rhubarb drink tastes simply wonderful. But raspberries, apples or blueberries are also suitable. If you use tart fruits, reduce the amount of lemon juice if necessary.
A notice:Do not throw away the fruit pieces. From this you canMake your own crumbleor jam.
Boil rhubarb compote and enjoy cold
Should the rhubarb compote be prepared without sugar? You can easily replace it with honey or agave syrup. Here's how you can go sugar-freeCompote as rhubarbMake your own drink:
- 1 kg rhubarb stalks, cleaned, peeled and cut into pieces
- Juice from half a lemon and half an orange
- 3 tablespoons honey or agave syrup
Put all the ingredients except the sweetener in a pot and bring to the boil. After 10 minutes, when the rhubarb is soft, add the honey/agave syrup and cook for another 2 minutes. Allow to cool and enjoy or pour into sterilized mason jars while still hot, close and turn upside down to cool. Best served cold: refreshing and healthy at the same time!
Make your own spritzers
Rhubarb spritzer recipe for 10 servings:
- 900 g Rhabarber
- 250g sugar
- 650 ml water
- carbonated water
Cook the chopped rhubarb with the sugar and water over low to medium heat for about 15 minutes. By then straining the liquid through a sieve, you will get rhubarb syrup, which you can also use in the cocktails mentioned below. Pour it into sterilized bottles. You can then make your own rhubarb spritzer by putting the syrup in a glass and then topping it up with as much sparkling water as you like (depending on how sweet you would like the juice spritzer to be).
Tipp:In this way you essentially get a rhubarb spritz that is alcohol-free. Alternatively, you could also prepare the sparkling water with any sparkling wine. How about a rhubarb spritz with Prosecco, for example? Gin and tonic is also ideal.
Rhubarb drink with alcohol
If the rhubarb drinks for the evening with friends should contain alcohol, you have the choice between cocktails with rhubarb syrup and with gin or vodka, wine spritzers or liqueur. Choose any rhubarb drink from the list below:
Cocktails with rhubarb juice or syrup
If you have rhubarbDrink with alcoholWhen you hear this, the first thing that probably comes to mind is cocktail, one of the most popular types of alcoholic drinks. How about the following drink with vodka and rhubarb:
For 1 rhubarbBeverage:
- 8 cl rhubarb juice (e.g. from the recipe above)
- 1 cl lemon juice from a washed organic lemon
- 1-2 cl Wodka
- 2 cl sugar syrup (or rhubarb syrup from the spritzer recipe)
- Berry lemonade to pour over
- optional basil leaves for decoration
- Ice cubes
For the Rhabarb juice cocktail, put the first four ingredients in a shaker and shake everything for several seconds. Put a few ice cubes in a cocktail glass and pour the alcohol into it. Finally, top up with lemonade. But you could also for oneCocktail with rhubarb syrup instead use the rhubarb spritzer from the recipe above instead of the berry lemonade.
A notice:You can also use other alcohol. For example, tequila or gin can also be combined with rhubarb. You can make rhubarb gin yourself by simply replacing the vodka in the recipe above. How about a fewFrozen Cocktails?
Make your own rhubarb drink – refreshing wine spritzer
To make a rhubarb wine spritzer, simply mix rhubarb juice with rosé wine or dry white wine, but leave some room in the glass for sparkling water and ice cubes. You can also make this spritz perfectly as rhubarbAperitif for your pool partyor spend an evening together with your best friends.
Rhubarb vanilla liqueur
Would you like to make your own rhubarb liqueur with schnapps? It's that simple:
For 3 bottles of 500 ml each:
- 1.5 kg rhubarb stalks, cleaned and peeled, cut into pieces
- 1kg sugar
- 1 organic lemon, squeezed
- Pulp of a vanilla bean
- 750 ml of any clear liquor
You can prepare liqueur as an alcoholic drink with rhubarb with schnapps using any clear schnapps. Vodka is welcome, but feel free to vary. For this recipe, cook the vegetable pieces with the sugar, lemon juice and vanilla for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. After the whole thing has cooled down a little, put everything through a sieve and mix the liquid with the selected liquor. Pour the liquor into sterilized bottles and cool and store them in the refrigerator.
