Today we will prepare a delicious and nutritious drink. On the table is rhubarb drink. Tender, viscous, with a pleasant sourness. An excellent solution for a hot summer day.
Wash the rhubarb and peel off the skin. It comes off easily in thin strips. If there are areas with signs of spoilage, remove them.
150 g rhubarb
Cut the stalks arbitrarily, the size doesn"t matter. Put them in a pot. Add sugar and water.
50 g sugar, 2 l water
Bring to a boil.
Turn off the heat and let it infuse in a covered pot for half an hour. This way, the liquid will be infused with the taste and aroma of rhubarb.
Drain the water and puree the stalks with an immersion blender.
You will get a thick, homogeneous puree.
Return the previously drained liquid to the pot. Dissolve cornstarch in the remaining water. Bring the contents of the pot to a boil. While stirring continuously with a spoon, pour in the cornstarch solution in a thin stream.
15 g cornstarch
It will immediately thicken, and the kissel will become thick. With these proportions, the drink will have a medium thickness, which is suitable for drinking. If you want to eat it with a spoon, double the amount of cornstarch.
The rhubarb kissel is ready. Let it cool slightly before serving.