Crunchy Rhubarb Crumble Food

CRUNCHY RHUBARB CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Place the flour in a large bowl and cut the butter into cubes. Add to the flour and rub in with the fingertrips until the mixure looks like fine breadcrumbs, or blend for a few seconds in a food processor.
• Stir in the rolled oats, demerara sugar, sesame seeds and cinnamon. Mix well and reserve.
• Prepare the rhubarb by removing the thick ends of the stalks and cut diagonally into 2.5 cm chunks. Wash thoroughly and pat dry with a clean tea towel. Place the rhubarb in a 1.1 litre pie dish.
• Sprinkle the caster sugar over the rhubarb and top with the reserved crumble mixture. Level the top of the crumble so that all the fruit is well covered and press down firmly. If liked, sprinkle the top with a little extra caster sugar.
• Place on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven to 40-50 minutes, or until the fruit is soft and the topping is golden brown. Sprinkle the pudding with some more ca.
• ster sugar and serve hot with custard or cream.

RHUBARB STRAWBERRY CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix white sugar, 3 tablespoons flour, strawberries, and rhubarb. Place the mixture in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Mix 1 1/2 cups flour, brown sugar, butter, and oats until crumbly. You may want to use a pastry blender for this. Crumble on top of the rhubarb and strawberry mixture.
• Bake 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until crisp and lightly browned.

RHUBARB CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Prepare the filling: Toss the rhubarb cubes with sugar and flour. Set aside and let macerate while you make the topping, about 20 minutes.
• Make the topping: Put flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl, and stir together. Add butter and work into flour with fingers or a fork, as if making pie dough. The mixture will be loose and crumbly. Stir in the pistachios, if using.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Transfer sugared rhubarb to a 9-inch baking dish, about 3 inches deep. Sprinkle topping loosely over fruit to a depth of about 1 inch.
• Place dish on a baking sheet and bake for about 1 hour, until topping is golden and filling is visibly bubbling at the edges. Cool slightly before serving.

RHUBARB CRUNCH

Steps:

• Mix flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, margarine and cinnamon until crumbly: Press half of this mixture into a 9" greased pan.
• Cover with chopped rhubarb.
• Combine sugar, cornstarch, and water.
• Cook until thick and clear in a small saucepan.
• Remove from heat and add vanilla.
• Pour over rhubarb. Top with remaining crumbs.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.

RHUBARB CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Tip 500g thumb-length chunks of rhubarb into a saucepan with 100g golden caster sugar and 3 tbsp port, if using.
• Cover and simmer on a very low heat for 15 mins, adding more sugar if you want. When soft (but still holding its shape) and sweet enough, pour the rhubarb into a medium baking dish.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• To make the topping, rub 140g self-raising flour and 85g chilled butter together with your fingers until you have a soft, crumbly topping.
• Now add 50g light brown muscovado sugar and 50g chopped walnuts, if using. Mix together with your hands.
• Scatter the topping over the rhubarb and bake for 30 mins or until golden brown on top.
• Serve piping hot with a big jug of thick vanilla custard. Refer to the tip for a recipe.