Chef John’s Rhubarb Crisp

Description

If you’ve never tried rhubarb before, this is the recipe for you. The sweet, crisp topping taking the edge off the tart, tangy fruit, both benefiting from a creamy scoop of vanilla ice cream. This is a great, old-fashioned American dessert. You can substitute all-purpose flour for the whole wheat flour.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups diced rhubarb
  • 1 cup fresh strawberries, halved
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into cubes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
  2. Combine rhubarb
  3. strawberries
  4. white sugar
  5. lemon juice
  6. and lemon zest together in a bowl.
  7. Stir brown sugar
  8. whole wheat flour
  9. oats
  10. salt
  11. and cinnamon together in a bowl. Cut cold butter into oat mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs and butter pieces are pea-sized.
  12. Pour rhubarb mixture into prepared baking dish. Spread oatmeal mixture evenly over the top.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and bubbling
  14. about 35 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 35 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 8

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