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Rhubarb is a sour, pinkish green spring vegetable that cooks down into a delicious pink or red compote. It used to grow in our mother’s garden when we were kids, and we couldn’t resist taking a bite of the puckeringly sour stalks (just stay away from the leaves, which are poisonous). Once June rolls around, we get the best of both worlds: spring rhubarb and summer strawberries.
Strawberries and rhubarb make a swell pair. They are commonly found together in pies, but I find crumbles are much easier to make. You can also assemble this dish a day ahead and bake just before you want to serve it. It is wonderful hot from the oven and served with ice cream, or cold at a picnic! I bought some rhubarb and strawberries earlier this week, and threw this dessert together to end our father’s day dinner.
This recipes is easily made vegan: just use margarine instead of butter in the topping.
- 4 cups rhubarb, chopped into 1-inch pieces
- 4 cups strawberries, hulled and cut into bite-size chunks
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¾ cup butter or margarine
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Mix the fruit, white sugar, and cornstarch in the dish. The cornstarch helps thicken the juices that start running from the fruit. You could add up to 2 Tbsp of cornstarch if you'd like the filling a bit thicker.
- In a medium bowl, mix all the crumble topping until it resembles breadcrumbs. Sprinkle evenly over the fruit.
- Bake for 1 hour, until the topping is golden brown. Enjoy!
- You can change up this recipe quite easily: once the rhubarb season is over, take advantage of the other Ontario fruits, like cherries, peaches and apricots!
I’ve never baked anything using rhubarb before. This looks delicious and like it would be a great dessert to make for a family party. Can’t wait to try it out.
I love rhubarb..I’m definitely making this!