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Rhubarb and apple flapjack crumble

By: Donal Skehan

Published: 28 Feb 13
Updated: 18 Mar 24

You thought a classic fruit crumble couldn’t be any more comforting? Donal Skehan takes it up a level by combining cooked rhubarb and apple with an oaty flapjack topping.

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Easy
March 2013

Test kitchen approved

Serves 8
Takes 10 minutes to make, 45 minutes to cook

You thought a classic fruit crumble couldn’t be any more comforting? Donal Skehan takes it up a level by combining cooked rhubarb and apple with an oaty flapjack topping.

Browse 100+ tried-and-tested baking recipes.

Nutrition: For 8

Calories: 465kcals
Fat: 24.1g (14g saturated)
Protein: 5g
Carbohydrates: 62.3g (32.8g sugars)
Fibre: 5g
Salt: 0.5g

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Ingredients

500g rhubarb
500g cooking apples
1 tbsp lemon juice
3-5 tbsp soft light brown sugar, depending on how sweet you like it
15g butter
Vanilla ice cream or single cream to serve

For the crumble topping

200g cold butter, cut into small pieces
150g plain flour
150g jumbo oat flakes
175g soft light brown sugar

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Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan170°C/gas 5. First, make the topping. Using your fingertips, rub together the butter, flour, oats and sugar in a large bowl until you have a rough crumble mix. Set this aside.
Chop the rhubarb into 3cm lengths and put in a large bowl. Peel, core and chop the apples into 3cm chunks, then add these to the rhubarb. Quickly mix through the lemon juice and the sugar.
Put a saucepan over a medium heat and melt the 15g butter. Add the fruit to the pan and cook gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Transfer the fruit to a 3 litre baking dish, then tumble the crumble mixture on top: don’t pack it down. Put the dish on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 40 minutes or until the crumble is golden on top and the fruit is soft and bubbling underneath.
Serve warm from the oven with cold cream or generous scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Recipe from March 2013 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 465kcals
Fat: 24.1g (14g saturated)
Protein: 5g
Carbohydrates: 62.3g (32.8g sugars)
Fibre: 5g
Salt: 0.5g

delicious. tips

Try grating orange zest into the rhubarb and apple mix for a fragrant, citrusy twist.

You can make a nuttier but still chewy alternative to the topping. Keep the amounts of sugar, butter and flour the same but replace the oats with 100g ground almonds and 50g chopped hazelnuts.