Here in the north the growing season comes late; there are barely any leaves on apple trees as of now and the strawberries are only about to bloom, but what we do have is rhubarb.
I’d been eyeing the little rhubarb bush all weekend and decided I must get the first taste of it in the form of a pie.
I made the most basic lazy girl rhubarb and quark pie, even bought the crust dough readymade, I regret nothing. I think my active baking time was 15 minutes, including getting the rhubarb from outside, and bake time 35 minutes. The longest part was to wait for the pie to cool and settle for a bit before digging in.
As a first ever harvest from my own garden, I’m happy with my rhubarb pie. Though I would have liked it to be more tangy by having more of the rhubarb in but I did’t dare to cut more off. I know there will be way more rhubarb to come during the summer, enough for me to get bored of it.
I’d be interested to hear if this sort of pie is as common elsewhere in the world. Basic pie crust, some sort of sour milk product with eggs and sugar whisked in, and then what ever berries or fruit you like. Here in Finland I think the most common ones are rhubarb in the summer and blueberries in autumn.
I don’t intent to even try to be self sufficient or anything like that, but it’s extremely pleasing, and free or cheap, to grow your own food. I’m eager to see how well our currant bushes, strawberries and few little apple trees treat us this summer and autumn. Since it’s our first summer here the anticipation is real.