I do love a good bit of crumble. In fact, who doesn’t love a good bit of crumble? No one, that’s who. You can make crumble with just about any fruit, but my favourite is definitely rhubarb. Rhubarb crumble always reminds me of my childhood; we used to have some rhubarb growing at the bottom of the garden and for a few weeks every summer all I ate was rhubarb fool, stewed rhubarb and, of course, rhubarb crumble.
This rhubarb crumble is literally the easiest thing you could ever bake. It only takes about 15 minutes to prepare, then you can leave it in the oven and forget about it. Well, not completely forget about, but you can go and do something else for half an hour! It’s the perfect comfort food and is super tasty too. Even my flatmate, who doesn’t like rhubarb, said it was really good. This recipe makes about 4-6 portions, depending on your portion size!
Ingredients:
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For the filling:
400g rhubarb |
For the topping:
140g self-raising flour |
Method:
1. Switch the oven on to 200°C. Chop the rhubarb into chunks (around 1 inch or so).
2. Add the rhubarb to a pan along with the sugar and pear cognac. The pear cognac helps to give the rhubarb an extra bit of sweetness and fruitiness, but you could easily swap it for normal cognac or brandy (or leave it out altogether if you prefer).
3. Put the pan on a low heat, cover with a lid and simmer for around 10 minutes until the rhubarb has softened. You still want it to keep it’s shape a bit though so don’t stew it completely. If you find it’s not sweet enough, you can add a little more sugar at this stage.
4. Once soft and sweet enough, tip the rhubarb mixture into an ovenproof dish and set to one side.
5. In a large bowl, rub the flour and butter together with your fingers until you have a rough breadcrumb-like consistency. Then add in the sugar and rolled oats if using. You could also use chopped nuts or something similar to give the topping an extra bit of crunch.
6. Spoon the topping onto the rhubarb mixture to create an even layer. Sprinkle a little bit of muscovado sugar on top and then put in the oven for around 30 minutes, or until golden brown on top and bubbling at the sides.
7. Serve with some whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
After writing up this post, I’m already in the mood to make another one of these! I love the tartness of the rhubarb with the sweet, buttery crumble topping – yum! What’s your favourite kind of crumble?
Gillian x
I love Rhubarb Crumble, your pictures look so good! I've got a rhubarb plant so i've made quite a few recently 🙂 xx
UM THIS LOOKS AMAZING!! My favourite was always my Granny's apple crumble but this looks too good not to try. xx
Oh my goodness I absolutely love rhubarb! It's out of season now in my part of Canada unfortunately 🙁 This looks delicious though! I really like the first picture you have of it!
I love rhubarb crumble – or neighbour grows it so we have a supply in the summer too. Shame it doesn't grow all year round
xx
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'I don't like crumble- said no-one ever!'
I love that golden brown colour of crumble and it's lovely bubbly-ness!
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Oh, Gillian, your food posts always give me the urge to cook! I love rhubarb crumble & haven't eaten it for years… definitely gonna have to go make some tomorrow, I have cravings for it now! 🙂
Rhubarb crumble is my favourite too! Weirdly I made apple crumble the other day but rhubarb is so much better xo
Can't go wrong with a crumble. So good with loads of custard!
This is one of my favourite desserts ever, especially with an added dash of ginger!
Gillian, live in my house and bake m rhubard pleasssseeeeeeeeeeeeee
This looks amazing! My mum used to grow rhubarb and we used to make crumble all the time x
That looks delicious! Rhubarb is definitely my favourite type of crumble. My housemate just made some last week since we found that our new house has rhubarb growing in the garden. Score 🙂 x
Yum, that rhubarb crumble looks so delicious! I don't know why, I always imagined that rhubarb was pink no matter what. XD
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That's my favourite pudding ever – and yours looks amaaaaazing. My stomach just started to grumble! x
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Oh my gosh this looks amazing! I love this with a scoop of vanilla ice cream <3 xo
This looks amazing! Yum yum yum! Love a rhubarb crumble but def wouldn't say no to an apple crumble too. Will need to try this!
Lianne x
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OMG this look delicious I want some 🙂
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