It’s definitely crumble weather. I like to spice mine with stem ginger and cardamom. A touch of coconut in the topping makes for the perfect bowl of exotic comfort.
serves 4-6
ingredients
400g rhubarb, cut into chunks
5 cubes crystallised ginger, finely chopped
4 tbsp. orange juice
4 cardamom pods, husks removed and seeds ground to a fine powder
1 tsp. vanilla bean paste
4 tbsp. honey
100g flour
80g desiccated coconut
pinch salt
110g demerera/light brown sugar
90g butter plus 20g coconut oil
flaked almonds to sprinkle on top
method
- preheat oven to 180C
- cut rhubarb into chunks and place in an ovenproof dish. Sprinkle with the orange juice, honey, vanilla, stem ginger and cardamom pods. Mix well.
- Roast for 10 mins, cool and fish out the cardamom pods.
- rub the butter and coconut oil into the flour, desiccated coconut and sugar and salt until you have breadcrumbs. Sprinkle a thick layer of this over the rhubarb, top with the flaked almonds and bake for 35-40 minutes, until the topping is crisp and the almonds are golden brown.
Gastrogeek 
This is totally my kind of crumble, colourful, tart and I love coconut and cardamon in bakes x
thanks Deena, I find that the stem ginger adds a nice lazy kick too x
I could just put my face in that (once it has cooled, obvs) x
funnily enough, this is really good cold as well, like properly fridge cold. True fact x
I never would have thought to put coconut in the topping – I’m definitely going to try this next time I make a crumble!
It really works, especially with the almonds….hope you like it as much as I do!
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Mmmmm looks delicious!
Looks incredible! And rhubarb is going crazy in my neighborhood these days.. Thank you for sharing!