Rhubarb tart facts for kids
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| Type | Tart |
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| Main ingredients | Pastry shell, rhubarb |
Rhubarb tart is a delicious dessert. It is a type of tart that has a sweet and tangy rhubarb filling. People have enjoyed this tasty treat for many years.
A Classic Recipe from Mrs. Beeton
A long time ago, a famous cookbook writer named Mrs Beeton shared a recipe for rhubarb tart. Her recipe used half a pound of puff pastry, five large sticks of rhubarb, and a quarter pound of sugar. She also added a little lemon juice and lemon zest for extra flavor. This tart would bake for about 30 to 45 minutes. It was enough to serve five people.
Why Rhubarb Tart Was Renamed
For a long time, people used rhubarb as a plant for medicine. Because of this, some people thought of rhubarb as something unpleasant to eat. To make the dessert sound more appealing, especially in the 1800s, rhubarb tart was sometimes called Spring apples. This new name helped people enjoy the tart without thinking about its past use as medicine.
Famous Fans of Rhubarb Tart
Some people really loved rhubarb tart! One famous person was Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer. He was a writer who visited England. In his writings about England, he said he was a "very industrious eater of rhubarb tart." This means he ate a lot of it!
