As always, I really enjoy reading about your recipe testing process and the sciency stuff behind it. Another great read.
Thank you for the detailed gelatine explanation and testing as I always end up having to make two different halved batches of a recipe to test my gelatin.
When I saw the recipe I was a bit sad at first because of the rhubarb. Until about 5 years ago, I have never seen or heard of rhubarb, even my fairly well sourced greengrocer in Bilbao doesn't know what rhubarb is. It was only when I started buying books and reading recipes online from other countries when I learnt about rhubarb and I felt like I was missing out on a great but elusive ingredient. A few years ago, when I was studying in Madrid for a year, I walked by a really expensive greengrocer's shop everyday on my way to the library and it caught my eye. One day I decided to go in and buy some really good looking tangerines and that's when I saw a bunch of rhubarb. It was incredibly expensive but I had to buy it, I couldn't miss the opportunity. So I made a strawberry rhubarb pie since I was really into pies back then. Since I have never seen rhubarb in person or tasted it I went ahead and baked the pie to my disappointment when I took a bite, the flavour was off. My rhubarb was off. It was the most expensive dessert I have ever made and I couldn't even eat it. My time in Madrid ended two weeks later and I tried to find rhubarb in Bilbao to no avail. I resigned myself since then on my quest to find rhubarb but when I saw your recipe I had to try again. I asked my greengrocer again, I looked in different shops and nothing. I tried to search online again and I found a shop that sells frozen rhubarb but it was out of stock, my luck is amazing haha. 2 days later I get an email saying it's back in stock and here I am waiting for it to arrive today. There really needs to be a petition to make rhubarb more available and known in Spain😂.
All of this just to say I really can't wait to make this 😂. It will be my proper first time having anything rhubarb and I couldn't be more excited.
Hi Alvaro! I am from Navarra and I know your struggle. I lived many years in Barcelona and I can say rhubarb was widely available, especially in gourmet supermarkets. I've been in the UK for 5 years already and it is true we have lovely British seasonal produce available like rhubarb, amazing berries, my favourite Christmas veggies... but sadly many fruits and vegetables are also imported from Spain. Trust me when I say that in the north of Spain we have amazing products you can use instead. Saludos!
As always, I really enjoy reading about your recipe testing process and the sciency stuff behind it. Another great read.
Thank you for the detailed gelatine explanation and testing as I always end up having to make two different halved batches of a recipe to test my gelatin.
When I saw the recipe I was a bit sad at first because of the rhubarb. Until about 5 years ago, I have never seen or heard of rhubarb, even my fairly well sourced greengrocer in Bilbao doesn't know what rhubarb is. It was only when I started buying books and reading recipes online from other countries when I learnt about rhubarb and I felt like I was missing out on a great but elusive ingredient. A few years ago, when I was studying in Madrid for a year, I walked by a really expensive greengrocer's shop everyday on my way to the library and it caught my eye. One day I decided to go in and buy some really good looking tangerines and that's when I saw a bunch of rhubarb. It was incredibly expensive but I had to buy it, I couldn't miss the opportunity. So I made a strawberry rhubarb pie since I was really into pies back then. Since I have never seen rhubarb in person or tasted it I went ahead and baked the pie to my disappointment when I took a bite, the flavour was off. My rhubarb was off. It was the most expensive dessert I have ever made and I couldn't even eat it. My time in Madrid ended two weeks later and I tried to find rhubarb in Bilbao to no avail. I resigned myself since then on my quest to find rhubarb but when I saw your recipe I had to try again. I asked my greengrocer again, I looked in different shops and nothing. I tried to search online again and I found a shop that sells frozen rhubarb but it was out of stock, my luck is amazing haha. 2 days later I get an email saying it's back in stock and here I am waiting for it to arrive today. There really needs to be a petition to make rhubarb more available and known in Spain😂.
All of this just to say I really can't wait to make this 😂. It will be my proper first time having anything rhubarb and I couldn't be more excited.
Hi Alvaro! I am from Navarra and I know your struggle. I lived many years in Barcelona and I can say rhubarb was widely available, especially in gourmet supermarkets. I've been in the UK for 5 years already and it is true we have lovely British seasonal produce available like rhubarb, amazing berries, my favourite Christmas veggies... but sadly many fruits and vegetables are also imported from Spain. Trust me when I say that in the north of Spain we have amazing products you can use instead. Saludos!