Raspberry Rhubarb Grunt Food

RASPBERRY-RHUBARB GRUNT

Steps:

• Stir together 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl; set aside. Whisk together flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, pinch of salt, and ginger in a medium bowl. Stir together milk and butter in another small bowl. Stir milk-butter mixture into flour mixture and set batter aside.
• Gently fold together raspberries, rhubarb, lemon juice, remaining 3/4 cup sugar, pinch of salt, remaining pinch of cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons water in a large bowl. Transfer fruit mixture to a large straight-sided skillet. Cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
• Using two spoons, drop 8 large dollops of batter on top of fruit mixture, spacing them evenly. Sprinkle with reserved cinnamon-sugar mixture. Cover; reduce heat to medium. Cook until batter is cooked through and juices are bubbling, about 15 minutes. Serve warm drizzled with cream.

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB SLUMP

Steps:

• In a saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, combine the strawberries, rhubarb, sugar and 1/2 cup water. Cook over medium heat at a simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the milk and quickly combine. Drop the batter by spoonfuls onto the surface of the slightly simmering fruit. Cook for 10 minutes uncovered, then place a lid on and cook another 10 minutes.
• Serve in shallow bowls, topped with whipped cream.

RASPBERRY RHUBARB CROSTATA

Steps:

• For the pastry, place the flour, granulated sugar and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Pulse a few times to combine. Add the butter and toss carefully with your fingers to coat each cube of butter with the flour. Pulse 12 to 15 times, or until the butter is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water all at once through the feed tube. Keep hitting the pulse button just until the dough comes together. Turn onto a well-floured board, cut in half and form into two disks. Wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour. (Wrap the second dough well and freeze, if not using.)
• For the filling, place 3 tablespoons of water in a small bowl, whisk in the cornstarch and set aside. In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the rhubarb, raspberries, granulated sugar, orange zest and orange juice. Cook over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes, until some of the juices are released. Stir in the cornstarch, bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, until cool.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Roll the pastry into an 11- to 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface and transfer to the prepared pan. Pile the raspberry rhubarb mixture onto the pastry, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border all around. Fold the border up over the filling, pleating if necessary and pressing lightly. Brush the pastry with egg wash, sprinkle just the pastry with turbinado sugar and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the pastry is browned and the filling is thickened. Cool for 30 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.

RHUBARB-RASPBERRY CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, tapioca, cornstarch and salt. Place rhubarb and raspberries into bowl making sure to completely coat them with dry ingredients. Pour into baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, flour and oats. Cut in butter until mixture resembles pea-sized crumbs. Spread on top of fruit mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until rhubarb is tender.

RASPBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, mix rhubarb, raspberries, 4 tablespoons of the butter, vanilla, 1 1/3 cups of the sugar and flour until all fruit is coated; spoon into deep dish pie crust.
• Slice a few small diamonds in refrigerated crust. Place crust on top of the pie.
• Using a small basting brush; spread remaining melted butter over the top crust. Sprinkle remaining sugar over top.
• Bake 30 minutes. Cover the top of the pie with loose layer of foil; return to oven for an additional 40 to 50 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the rhubarb mixture is bubbly.
• Remove from the oven; allow to cool 2 to 3 hours. Slice and serving with heaps of vanilla ice cream.

RHUBARB RASPBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Divide dough into 2 pieces (1 piece should be slightly smaller than the other). Chill larger dough piece, wrapped in plastic wrap. On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin roll out smaller piece of dough into a 10-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick).
• Transfer round to a large baking sheet and chill, covered. Roll out remaining dough into an 11-inch round (about 1/8 inch thick) and stack it on top of first round. Chill pastry rounds, loosely covered with plastic wrap, at least 1 hour, or until firm. Cut enough rhubarb crosswise into 1/2-inch slices to measure 4 cups. In a 3-quart kettle stir together 3 cups rhubarb, 1 cup sugar, and cinnamon and cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is melted, about 6 minutes. In a small bowl stir together cornstarch and lemon juice. Add cornstarch mixture to rhubarb mixture and boil, stirring constantly, until rhubarb is thickened, about 5 minutes, and transfer mixture to a bowl. Cool mixture to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• Fold raspberries and remaining cup rhubarb into mixture until just combined. Chill rhubarb filling, covered, at least 30 minutes, or until cold.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In a small bowl whisk together egg and milk to make an egg wash. Fit 11-inch round of dough into a 9-inch (1-quart) glass pie plate and trim with scissors, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang. Spoon rhubarb filling into shell, smoothing top, and brush edge of crust with egg wash. Drape remaining pastry round over filling and trim, leaving a 1/2-inch overhang. Crimp edge decoratively. With a sharp small knife score a decorative pattern on crust and brush crust evenly with some egg wash. Sprinkle crust with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
• Bake pie on a baking sheet in middle of oven 35 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and cooked through. (If pastry gets too brown too quickly, tent pie with foil.) Transfer pie to a rack. Cool pie at least 1 hour to set filling.
• Serve pie with ice cream.

RASPBERRY- RHUBARB CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in large bowl.
• Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Reserve 1 1/4 cups for topping.
• Press remaining crumbs into ungreased 9-inch square pan.
• Drain raspberries, reserving syrup.
• Set raspberries aside.
• Add enough water to syrup to make 1 cup.
• Place mixture in small saucepan.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch and add to syrup mixture in pan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Top oat mixture in pan with reserved raspberries and rhubarb.
• Pour cooked syrup mixture over fruit and sprinkle with reserved topping.
• Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown.
• Cool in pan on rack.
• Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

RASPBERRY RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, tapioca, salt and cinnamon. Add rhubarb and raspberries; toss gently. Let stand for 20 minutes. , Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom pastry; trim pastry even with edge. Pour filling into crust; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry; make a lattice crust. Trim, seal and flute edges. , Bake at 400° for 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cover edges with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning if necessary.

RHUBARB GRUNT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease a shallow 8x12 baking dish with butter, set on a baking sheet.
• Spread the chopped rhubarb over the bottom of the baking dish.
• Sprinkle with the sugar, coating evenly.
• Dot with the butter.
• Sift the flour, sugar and salt into a mixing bowl, gently stir in the cream to make a sticky dough Spread this mixture over the fruit, covering evenly.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling and the top is golden.
• Serve with cream, ice cream or custard.

RASPBERRY-RHUBARB SLAB PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Whisk 3/4 cup milk and egg yolk; gradually add to flour mixture, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. Add additional milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, if necessary., Divide dough in 2 portions so that 1 is slightly larger than the other; cover each and refrigerate 1 hour or until easy to handle., Preheat oven to 375°. Roll out larger portion of dough between 2 large sheets of lightly floured waxed paper into an 18x13-in. rectangle. Transfer to an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Press onto the bottom and up sides of pan; trim crust to edges of pan., In a large bowl, combine sugar and cornstarch. Add raspberries and rhubarb; toss to coat. Spoon into crust., Roll out remaining dough; place over filling. Fold bottom crust over edge of top crust; seal with a fork. Prick top with a fork., Bake until golden brown, 45-55 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack., For icing, combine confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistency; drizzle over pie. Cut pie into squares.

RHUBARB RASPBERRY CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine rhubarb, sugar, flour, lemon zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl. Fold in raspberries.
• Beat eggs, half-and-half, and vanilla extract together in a small bowl. Mix into the fruit; pour into an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Combine oats, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon in a food processor; pulse until crumbly. Spoon evenly over the top of the fruit filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, 30 to 45 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.