Rhubarb and chocolate crumble
Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 55 minutes
Total time: 65 minutes
Dietary: Dairy
Meal type: dessert
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Author: dghchocolatier
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Ingredients
- 900 g rhubarb, trimmed, washed and cut into 2.5 cm lengths
- 125 g caster sugar
- ½ large orange, zest finely grated and juiced
- Double cream or vanilla ice-cream, to serve
- 75 g unsalted butter, chilled and chopped
- 150 g plain flour
- 150 g demerara sugar
- 90 g white chocolate, grated
Method
Preheat oven to 180ºC.
Remove and discard the rhubarb leaves, trim the stems and wash well. Cut into 2.5 cm lengths, then place in a large shallow baking dish. Add the sugar and orange zest
Pour over the orange juice and cover the dish tightly with foil. Bake for 25 minutes or until the rhubarb starts to soften. It may need a little less time if your rhubarb is thin.
While that’s baking make the crumble, put the flour and sugar into a large bowl and using your fingertips, rub in the butter until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. mix in the grated chocolate.
Take the rhubarb out of the oven and remove the foil.
Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the rhubarb and bake for another 25-30 minutes or until the crumble begins to crisp and the rhubarb juices bubble up around the edges
Serve with Custard, chilled double cream or vanilla ice-cream.