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Winter Warmer: Rhubarb Strawberry Crunch

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It has been pretty chilly around here lately. July is always cold during the day, and even colder at night. When the weather gets cold, I love a warm dessert as an after dinner treat. Mostly we just have some stewed fruit and custard. Stewed peaches and plums (made with frozen peaches we picked during the summer) or apples and rhubarb picked fresh from our garden are my favourites. Origin LPG asked me try out some of their stove top warmer recipes for winter, and there was lots of rhubarb in the garden, so I couldn’t resist the rhubarb and strawberry crunch.

Rhubarb & Strawberry Crunch – Original recipe found here
Serves 4-6 (or 2 people a couple of times!)

Ingredients
1 bunch rhubarb (8-10 stalks)
¼ cup caster sugar
250g strawberries, halved
40g butter
2 tbs honey
½ cup rolled oats
½ cup chopped raw macadamias
1 tsp cinnamon
Grated zest and juice of 1 orange

Method
1. Cut the rhubarb into 6cm lengths.
2. Heat sugar, orange juice and zest in a medium saucepan until dissolved. 
3. Add rhubarb and strawberries. Cover and gently cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes or until rhubarb is just tender. Cool slightly 
4. Meanwhile heat a small frying pan over medium heat. Add butter, honey, oats, macadamias and cinnamon and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until golden and crisp.
5. Spoon into serving glasses and sprinkle with crumble.

6. Serve with custard or ice cream. 

Rhubarb and custard is one of those desserts that I have loved from my childhood, but I haven’t really converted Country Boy, until now. He loved that the rhubarb flavour was still there, but that the orange and strawberries added their own flavours.
I will definitely be whipping up the crumble topping and popping it on top of what ever fruit I have around. I love that I can just make it on top of the stove, without having to turn the oven on. It makes my fruit and custard just that little bit more special.

Do you love a hot dessert in the cold weather?

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  2. That looks delicious and I love that it didn't have too much sugar in it. I am definitely one for hot desserts in winter though have had to lay off since my gestational diabetes diagnoses. Four weeks to go and I think I'm going to have to try this one. Donna Hay has a good balsamic strawberries recipe that I mix with rhubarb. What a combo!! Ill have to wait til next year with the rhubarb though as the chooks destroyed my patch so we won't get any this year. So sad!. Love the new facelift and wanted to tell you Ive nominated you and passing the baton on for The Versatile Blogger Award. Ill be posting about it on Wednesday. I received my nomination from With Vintage and Me last week. Gotta love this blogging caper. Cheers x

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    • Love the idea of adding some balsamic vinegar – will definitely have to try that! I've been meaning to give the blog a proper upgrade for a while now. I still have a few things to fix up. I may have to bite the bullet and actually pay for some design work. Hence the sponsored posts – a chance to make a little cash to pay for my hobby lol.

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