Rhubarb & Orange Crumble
I'm not normally a fan of fruity desserts but we had this recently at a family friends and I couldn't get enough! She couldn't remember the full recipe because she goes off sight, so I had to have two goes at this before I was happy.
This is a great wintery dessert and the gluten free crumble meant that my husband could have some too. He normally wouldn't go near fruit but because he saw the effort he promised he'd try and ended up finishing it all!
This makes enough for 8 people, though you can easily half the recipe. It takes about 20 minutes to put together and half hour in the oven. I suggest you get the rhubarb and orange ready and have the crumble in a bowl ready, so half hour before you want to serve, you top with the crumble mixture, bake and serve!
Ingredients
12 stalks of rhubarb
2-3 large oranges (rind of 1, segments of the others as well the juice)
7 Tbs caster sugar
Crumble
3/4 cup plain flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
100g chilled butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Gluten Free Crumble
1/3 cup gluten free flour
1/3 cup almond meal
1/2 cup almond flakes
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
100g chilled butter, cut into pieces
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Method
Top and end rhubarb and cut into 2cm segments. Segment the oranges - in the first picture you can see what the segments should look like. Squeeze the juice out of what's remaining. Add the sugar and simmer for 15 minutes until soft.
For the crumble, put all ingredients in a bowl with cubed butter and using your fingers, rub together until it is well combined. The second picture shows the gluten free crumble. Spoon the rhubarb and orange mixture into an oven proof dish, being careful to strain out some of the liquid. My dish was 20cm by 30cm. Top with crumble mixture and bake in a preheated 180C fan forced oven for 30 minutes or until the crumble is golden and the rhubarb is bubbling up the sides.
Serve with thick cream or even better, vanilla ice cream!
Tips
There was some left over so I heated it up the next day and it still tasted great!!
