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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce Instant Pot

Fresh Rhubarb Plant

Fresh Rhubarb Spring is here.

Time to make some fresh Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce using Instant Pot.

After a late spring starting the Rhubarb is growing quickly with good rain and warmer weather on our side the Rhubarb will be ready to pick. Waiting patiently for stems to become longer and thick ready for picking. Remember only use the stems.

 

Important to trimming the leaves off the Rhubarb stems, they are poisonous.

Trimming leaves off the Rhubarb stems

The Rhubarb leaves are poisonous, compost leaves and use flavorful stems. Cooking the rhubarb and strawberries sauce should be quick and easy using the Instant Pot. The goal is to make this sauce only worth 1 Weight Watchers Smart Points.

Why are Strawberries are used in the sauce?

Rhubarb by it’s self is very tart, for some too tart, needing lots of sugar to balance the tartness with some sweetness. Strawberries adds natural sweetness and boost flavors with bonus of bright red color. The sauce takes less sugar with added benefits of strawberries. Making strawberries a perfect marriage with Rhubarb.

How much sugar is needed to make the sauce?

Sugar would be the natural choice, but if your watching carbohydrates might look at other possibilities. The key to successful sauce is balanced sweet and tart taste. This depend on sweetness of the strawberries, will determine amount of sugar or sweetener will be used. Quick fix would be to use sugar free strawberry gelatin. This works but you have to  be careful of cooking time. The sweetener breaks down and becames bitter if cooked too long. Some types of sweetener can not take long periods of high heat.  Aspartame is one sweetener that cannot stand long heat cooking.  Stevia is good natural sweetener if using baking blend works very well. But Stevia baking blend has some sugar as a carrier. So there is lots of trade offs, cooking sauce to right consistency then adding sugar free strawberry gelatin or sweetener, might give good results.

The right consistency

Cooking Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce to just right consistency. About 10 minutes in sauté mode,

Cooking Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce to just right consistency. About 10 minutes in sauté mode,

One last consideration is sugar helps with extraction of pectin, a natural thicker in fruits. To achieve right viscosity some sugar really helps. Reduction of moisture also contributes to achieving nappe consistency. Timing the cooking process is important cooking too long can produce too thick and heavy sauce. Undercooked Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce will be thin and runny. The goal is to have just the right clinging to back of a spoon. When tasting the sauce will have a pleasant feeling on the palette.

Cooking In Instant Pot

Instant Pot setting 20 minutes pressure.

Instant Pot setting 20 minutes pressure.

The nice thing about the Instant Pot is that you can set it and forget about it while you’re doing something else. I am thinking that it will only take 20 minutes pressure steaming mode. This breakdown Rhubarb fibers and infuse strawberry flavors into sauce.

The final cooking for 5 to 10 minutes in sauté mode with lid off to reduce some of the moisture off sauce. Then added sugar free strawberry gelatin and sweetener to adjust sweetness and flavors.

Finishing sauce by blending or whisking until the desired texture is achieved.  The Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce can be put into Jars sealed and labeled. I recommend refrigerating the jarred sauce rather then canning the sauce.

Serving Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce on Lemon Chiffon Cake. Garnished with whipped cream and strawberry fan.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce on Lemon Chiffon Cake.

My very first thought was to serve over Sweet Biscuits or Lemon Chiffon Cake. Wow it be wonderful topping for Waffles and whipped cream. Even better serve the sauce over Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt. I could eat the sauce right out of the jar it’s so good.

Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce on Lemon Chiffon Cake. Garnished with whipped cream and strawberry fan.
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce Instant Pot
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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce is a delicious tart sauce that’s great over ice cream and angel food cake. Making this sauce is quick and easy, that takes very little effort. Enjoy this healthy sauce worth 1 Weight Watchers Smart Points.
  • CourseSauces
  • CuisineAmerican
Servings Prep Time
8 Serving 10 Minutes
Cook Time
30 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
8 Serving 10 Minutes
Cook Time
30 Minutes
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce on Lemon Chiffon Cake. Garnished with whipped cream and strawberry fan.
Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce Instant Pot
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Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce is a delicious tart sauce that’s great over ice cream and angel food cake. Making this sauce is quick and easy, that takes very little effort. Enjoy this healthy sauce worth 1 Weight Watchers Smart Points.
  • CourseSauces
  • CuisineAmerican
Servings Prep Time
8 Serving 10 Minutes
Cook Time
30 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
8 Serving 10 Minutes
Cook Time
30 Minutes
Ingredients
Cooking Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce in Instant Pot
  • 1 Pound fresh strawberry Hulled and sliced
  • 1 Pound rhubarb Trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 Medium lemon Juiced
  • 1 Medium Ginger root Peeled and grated
  • 2 Tbsp Truvía® Baking Blend
Adjusting Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
  • 1 Package jell-o strawberry sugar-free gelatin
  • 12 Packets sweetner aspartame To taste
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Instructions
  1. Wash the strawberries whole with stems still on, let air dry on paper towels. Remove the stems, then slice strawberries.
    Washing strawberries whole then drawing on paper towels. Hulling strawberries with special shark like scoop.
  2. Remove the leaves and trim up stems of Rhubarb. Wash Rhubarb stems well and let dry on paper towels. Slice rhubarb stems into 1 inch chunks.
    Cutting rhubarb stems into large dice about 3/4 inches in size.Washed and hulled strawberries on paper towels.
  3. Peel Ginger Root and mince ginger root.
    Finely minced ginger root
  4. Put the sliced strawberries and cut rhubarb into Instant Pot. Sir in minced ginger root, juice of lemon and Truvia Baking Blend until all fruits minted together.
  5. Place lid on Instant Pot turning to locked position. Close valve to steam mode. Set button to pressure for 20 minutes using up and down bottoms. This will automatically build up pressure and when it reaches proper temperature the timer will count down time and turn go into hold mode.
  6. After the pressure has gone down, remove the Instant Pot lid. With wire whisk beat until Rhubarb and strawberries are broken down. You might have to use a submersion blender to achieve proper consistency.
  7. If the consistency of sauce is too thin, press the sauté bottom. This will put the Instant Pot on high heat and start reducing moisture off the sauce. Sir often so Sauce doesn’t scorch bottom of the pot. When the sauce becomes right consistency press the keep warm button. His will hold sauce in warming mode.
  8. Sprinkle the sugar free strawberry gelatin all over strawberry rhubarb sauce, then whisk until all gelatin is dissolved into the sauce. Taste the sauce for sweetness.
  9. Adjusting sweetness with sweetener, this could take from 8 to 12 packets of sweetener. Depending on sweetness of strawberries and tartness of rhubarb. When strawberry rhubarb sauce is adjusted go onto next step.
    Adjusting Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce with sweeteners.
  10. Ladle the strawberry rhubarb sauce into sterilized jars leaving 3/4 inch air space. Place lid and ring onto jar screw thighs. Label and date each jar of sauce. Refrigerate for up to month sealed.
  11. Serve over Angel Food Cake, Frozen low sugar yogurt, sweet biscuits and waffles or pancakes. Each serving is only 1 Weight Watchers Smart Points.
    Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce on Lemon Chiffon Cake. Garnished with whipped cream and strawberry fan.
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