Make Your Own Rhubarb Spritzer: Instructions

In keeping with the rhubarb season, you can make a delicious spritzer yourself from fresh rhubarb and a few other ingredients. We present a recipe and explain why rhubarb is so healthy.

Make your own rhubarb spritzer

To make a delicious rhubarb spritzer yourself, you need
1 kilogram of rhubarb, 80 grams of sugar, 200 milliliters of water, a lemon, and mineral water.

1. First, wash and peel the rhubarb and cut it into small pieces. Also, remove the woody bits that are often found at the ends of the rhubarb stalks.
2. Put the rhubarb in a saucepan with water and sugar. Halve the lemon, squeeze out the juice and add that to the pot as well.
3. Now cook the mixture for about fifteen minutes. Once the rhubarb is soft in consistency, stretch a straining cloth over a second saucepan and pour the mixture over it. Now drain all the liquid from the mixture into the saucepan. You can now fill the rhubarb juice into bottles and serve it with mineral water as a spritzer.
4. Tip: The taste of vanilla also goes very well with rhubarb. If desired, some vanilla pulp can be cooked with the juice mixture.

What makes rhubarb so healthy?

Rhubarb is a very nutritious vegetable and is therefore very healthy.

• A particular advantage of rhubarb is the low-calorie content of only 14 kcal per 100 grams.
• In addition, rhubarb contains many nutrients. The vegetables are rich in potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and vitamin C. Potassium in particular helps maintain blood pressure and maintain the acid-base balance.
• Rhubarb is also high in antioxidants. They help to strengthen the immune system.
• On the other hand, rhubarb also contains a high percentage of oxalic acid. This is completely harmless for healthy adults and young people. However, children and people suffering from kidney or gallbladder problems should avoid rhubarb. In healthy people, the acid can attack tooth enamel, so you should wait thirty minutes after consuming rhubarb before brushing.