RHUBARB AND BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE

This easy summer dessert brings together the flavours of fresh rhubarb and blueberry. Serve it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Yield: Serves 6.

RHUBARB AND BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE

Ingredients

  • 3 cups sliced rhubarb
  • 2 cups blueberries
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup (packed brown sugar)
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • Vanilla ice cream

Directions

  1. Combine first 6 ingredients (rhubarb through ginger).
  2. Spoon mixture into an 8 inch square glass baking dish. Combine next 5 ingredients (rolled oats through nutmeg) in a bowl.
  3. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until coarse crumbs form. Sprinkle crumb mixture over fruit.
  4. Place a brick directly on grid on natural gas barbecue. Place baking dish on top of brick.
  5. Bake, with lid down, over medium heat for 30 - 35 minutes or until golden brown and juices are thick and bubbly.
  6. Turn baking dish a quarter turn every 10 - 15 minutes to ensure even cooking. Serve warm with ice cream.
Nutritional analysis per serving:

300 calories, 8.5 g fat, 2.7 g protein, 55.5 g carbohydrate, 3.3 g fibre, 70 mg sodium

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.