"Classified as a vegetable, but eaten mostly as a fruit, rhubarb is among the first plants to come up in the spring. Before fresh produce was available year-round, it was an eagerly awaited respite from winter's starchy fare. Rhubarb was so often used in pies that some nineteenth-century cooks referred to it as the 'pie plant.' -Nancy Bagget (author of The All American Dessert Book). I don't know about you, but even with access to loads of produce, I'm exceedingly happy to see rhubarb start to arrive.
This "betty" is a delightful alternative to rhubarb pie. It's an old-fashioned American dessert made with fruit and day old cubes of bread. Often it will resemble bread pudding, but because this betty is baked in a shallow dish, it comes out lightly crisp on top. And I don't mean to gush, but it's absolutely positively amazing.
This "betty" is a delightful alternative to rhubarb pie. It's an old-fashioned American dessert made with fruit and day old cubes of bread. Often it will resemble bread pudding, but because this betty is baked in a shallow dish, it comes out lightly crisp on top. And I don't mean to gush, but it's absolutely positively amazing.
