Seasonally Scrumptious

Baart's Rhubarb Crumble

Filling ingredients:

• 500g fresh rhubarb
• 100g caster sugar (golden caster sugar tastes especially good!)

Crumble ingredients:

• 140g plain flour
• 100g butter
• 50g golden caster sugar
• 1tsp ground ginger
• 50g oats

Method:

 

1. Pick your rhubarb. If you are not growing rhubarb or have had a rhubarb growing disaster, you may need to buy some at the shop. The picture below is of some rhubarb that my friend Tom has grown. Yummy!

2. Preheat the over to 200C (180C fan or Gas 6).

3. Roughly chop the rhubarb into chunks and put in a saucepan with the sugar and a splash of water. Put the lid on the pan and simmer the rhubarb for appoximately 15mins until it is soft. This is a good time to taste the filling; you may like to add more sugar. Pour the mixture into a baking dish.

4. Rub the flour and butter together until it looks nice and 'cumbly'. Then add the sugar, ginger and oats. Sprinkle the topping over the rhubarb mixture and bake for approximately 30mins. The crumble should be golden brown on top and you may see the mixture bubbling through at the edges of the dish.

5. Serve with custard, cream or ice cream.

6. Sit back and watch the Secretary to the Lambassador do the washing up. Get scrubbing, Marjie!

Happy crumbling!

Lots of love,
Baart
xxx