When I was a kid, my mom used to make a sweet rhubarb stew for dessert. Essentially, it’s rhubarb pie filling cooked on a stove top with plenty of sugar and cinnamon, the resulting concoction poured warm over vanilla ice cream (or stolen by the spoonful from the pot itself.) It’s pure comfort food.
Which is why Ikea’s seasonal rhubarb concentrate is a nostalgic reminder of summer for me: a little bitter, a little sweet, and perfect mixed with soda water or something stronger. I plan to have plenty of it on hand come July long weekend.
Saft Rabarber rhubarb cordial, $3.99, available at Ikea, ikea.ca.
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