Food & Cooking Recipes Seasonal Recipes Spring Recipes Pickled Rhubarb Close Credit: Kate Sears Prep Time: 10 mins Total Time: 1 day Yield: 1 Quart Easy-to-make and easy to use, use this super-versatile condiment on cheese plates or mix it with savory ingredients like chopped parsley, olive oil, and red-pepper flakes to make a relish for grilled steak or pork chops. It's also wonderful sliced and added to this green salad with roasted beets, Directions Remove rhubarb peel in alternating 1/2-inch strips (creating stripes). Cut rhubarb into 4-by-3/4-inch pieces (if thick, halve or quarter lengthwise, then cut into 4-inch pieces). In a saucepan, bring vinegar, sugar, 1/3 cup water, salt, peppercorns, and star anise to a boil. Fill a heatproof quart jar with rhubarb and garlic. Pour boiling liquid in to cover. Let cool completely, then cover and refrigerate at least 24 hours and up to 1 month.