Rhubarb Cream Tart w/ Strawberry Meringue - Good Food And Treasured Memories

Ingredients

• 454 gm fresh rhubarb, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp water, divided
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp cornstarch
• 1 1/4 cup 1/2 & 1/2 cream
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
• 2 Tbsp cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 22 gm (1 oz) freeze-dried strawberries, blitzed into a powder
• 4 egg whites, room temperature
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar