Rhubarb-Strawberry Conserve
Ingredients:

  • 2 cups diced Washington Rhubarb

  • 1 cup seedless raisins

  • 2 oranges

  • 3 cups sugar

  • 4 cups whole strawberries

  • ½ cup chopped walnut meats

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    Directions:

    Combine diced rhubarb, raisins, pulp and grated rind of oranges and sugar.  Let stand overnight.  Add strawberries.  Simmer, when thick add walnut meats. 

    Yields 36 ounces.
     
    Courtesy of:
    Washington Rhubarb Growers Association
    253-863-7333

    We harvest Washington rhubarb from hothouses January through March and then hand cut from fields April through September.  The colorful plant is grown in our valley, in the shadow of Mt. Rainier.

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