Slow-Cooked Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

Name: Slow-Cooked Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 10 min
Yield: 10 servings.
Ingredients: 6 cups chopped rhubarb (1/2-inch pieces); 1 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches); 1/2 cup white grape juice; 2 cups halved unsweetened strawberries; Angel food cake, pound cake or vanilla ice cream

This tart and tangy fruit sauce is excellent over pound cake or ice cream. I've served this rosy-colored mixture many times and gotten rave reviews from friends and family. —Judith Wasman, Harkers Island, North Carolina

Ingredients

6 cups chopped rhubarb (1/2-inch pieces)
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
1/2 cup white grape juice
2 cups halved unsweetened strawberries
Angel food cake, pound cake or vanilla ice cream

Directions

Place rhubarb in a 3-qt. slow cooker. Combine sugar, orange zest and ginger; sprinkle over rhubarb. Add cinnamon stick and grape juice. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until rhubarb is tender.
Stir in strawberries; cook 1 hour longer. Discard cinnamon stick. Serve with cake or ice cream.

Nutrition Facts

1/2 cup: 115 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 4mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fruit.

Originally published as Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce in Quick Cooking March/April 1999

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Dzyner

Jul 4, 2018

I omitted the strawberries, added an extra cup of rhubarb, and substituted orange juice for the grape juice. I served it with angel food cake and whipped cream. It was well received. Leftovers were served with tapioca pudding and whipped cream. I sure it would be good with rice pudding or bread pudding as well.
Carolinerbain

Apr 25, 2017

Haven't made it yet but will, what can I substitute for the Grape Juice, don't want to buy a bottle for 1/2 cp.
bereitbach

May 28, 2011

I was able to have desert ready for company after church on Sunday by making a shortcake the day before and serving this sauce over it. It was delicious! I should have shut the crock pot off a little while before serving it so the sauce would have time to cool. But that was my fault, not the recipes!