Forced rhubarb from Yorkshire is in season, so it’s the perfect time to make a fruit crumble
Fruit filling
400 g rhubarb
2 ripe pears
75 g golden caster sugar
1 piece of crystallised ginger, chopped finely
Juice and zest from 1 large orange
1 tsp vanilla essence (or the seeds scraped out of a vanilla pod)
Crumble topping
100 g cold unsalted butter, cubed
150 g plain flour
50 g light brown muscovado sugar
50 g oats
Pinch of sea salt
Method
- Set the oven at 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
- Trim the bases off the rhubarb stalks and cut into 2 inch pieces. Peel and core the pear, then cut into large chunks.
- Place rhubarb, pear and crystallised ginger in an ovenproof pie dish.
- Mix the vanilla with the orange juice and zest, then pour over the fruit. Sprinkle the sugar over the top.
- To make the topping, rub the flour and butter together with your fingers until you have a soft, crumbly topping. Now add the sugar, oats and salt, mixing together with your hands. Scatter the topping (loosely) over the rhubarb and bake for 30 mins or until golden brown on top and the fruit is starting to bubble up and become caramelised and sticky at the edge of the dish.
- Serve with double cream, ice cream or (my favourite) vanilla custard.
Keep the crumble loose on top of the fruit Cook until golden brown, and the fruit starts to bubble up
Omg what a combination! Looks so yummy!
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Thanks! Perfect chilly weather to enjoy some of these old fashioned puddings! I love the rich colour of forced rhubarb.
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