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Rhubarb Ginger Crumble

May 28, 2015 | Baked Sweets, Desserts

Rhubarb ginger crumble

Rhubarb is one of those fruits (actually technically a vegetable), you either love or hate. I’m grateful my whole family love it as it is one of those nostalgic foods that takes me back to cooking with my nan. Though she was a whole lot more traditional in her use of it, I like to pair it with slightly less conventional flavours like ginger, coconut and almonds.

Like so many of my recipes, this is one is incredibly versatile, you could eat it for breakfast, or have it for dessert. It’s one of my most favourite flavour combos and nourishing to boot!

Health Benefits

Rhubarb is a high fibre vegetable and in Chinese herbal medicine, it is a rhizome used for supporting sluggish digestion (especially treating constipation and abdominal bloating). It has a very impressive nutrient profile including vitamin A, C, B complex and K, as well as being a fabulous source of many minerals. It’s one of the best plant sources of calcium (though its oxalate content does affect absorption). It is also a wonderful source of many protective antioxidants.

Ginger is awesome also for supporting a healthy digestion.

Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit your specific dietary requirements.

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Rhubarb Ginger Crumble

Prep 10 minutes
Cook 15 minutes
Total 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Rhubarb ginger crumble
5 from 3 votes
I think rhubarb and ginger is a match made in heaven. This simply delicious dessert is just that, heaven!

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch/s rhubarb -leaves trimmed and cut to approx. 15cm lengths

Crumble

  • 30 g coconut sugar or rapadura (2 tablespoons )
  • 30 g rolled oats (¼ cup) see below for gluten & grain-free
  • 25 g almond meal (¼ cup)
  • 35 g raw almonds (¼ cup) chopped or almond flakes
  • 25 g shredded or desiccated coconut (¼ cup)
  • 50 g butter -at room temperature
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon

Ginger syrup

  • 85 g rice malt syrup, honey or maple syrup (¼ cup)
  • 1 tbsp hot water
  • 1 tbsp ginger root -freshly grated or 1 tsp of ground ginger

Method

  • Preheat your oven to 180℃/350°F (fan forced). Line two small trays with baking paper.
  • In a small jug, mix the syrup ingredients until well combined.
  • Toss the rhubarb with the syrup and arrange in a single layer on one of the trays.
  • In a large mixing bowl combine all of the crumble ingredients and rub the butter in the dried ingredients until well combined. Alternatively, pulse in a food processor.
  • Arrange the crumble in a thin layer on the second lined baking tray.
  • Bake the rhubarb and crumble in the oven for approx. 15 minutes or until the rhubarb is just cooked through.
  • Divide the rhubarb between serving plates, spoon over the crumble and serve immediately with sour cream, full-fat natural or Greek yoghurt or coconut yoghurt.

Store

  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Variations

Low-fructose

Replace the rapadura or coconut sugar with rice malt syrup (and choose RMS for the ginger syrup).

Grain and gluten-free

Replace the oats with rolled quinoa (flakes). This is one of my favourite crumble mixes.

Dairy-free

Sub the butter with coconut oil (or ghee if you tolerate it) and serve with coconut yoghurt or cashew cream.

Vegan

Choose rice malt or maple syrup as your sweetener. Sub the butter with coconut oil and serve with coconut yoghurt or cashew cream.

Nut-free

Replace the almond meal with desiccated coconut and the almonds with sunflower seeds (or shredded coconut).

Coconut-free

Replace the coconut with more nuts or oats.

Don't like ginger?

Then substitute it with cinnamon.

Apple Rhubarb crumble

For a pie type of crumble, dice the rhubarb (1-2cm), double the syrup and add in two large Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced. Pop in a baking dish and top with the crumble (I also double the quantity of crumble mix). Bake for approx. 30-40 minutes or until the fruit is cooked and the crumble browned. If your crumble has browned but your fruit isn't cooked through, cover with foil and continue to bake.

I'd love to hear how you like this flavour combo. Post a comment or rate this recipe.

Course: Dessert

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Category: Baked Sweets, Desserts Tags: breakfast, coconutfree, cornfree, crumble, dairyfree, dessert, eggfree, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, legumefree, lowfructose, lowsugar, nutfree, onionfree, rhubarb, seafoodfree, sesamefree, soyfree, sweet, vegan, vegetarian, wheatfree, yeastfree

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12 Comments

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  1. Emma Danchin says

    Georgia, I want to express my appreciation for your recipes. I love the way you offer the options to adjust to various food requirements and I find every recipe I try is FAB.
    I feel you have a very sensible and health conscious approach to your recipes, THANK YOU.
    with love
    Emma

    May 29, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Thanks so much Emma for taking the time to comment. Thrilled you like my recipes and that they are a success. I hate food waste so it’s important to me to make sure my recipes turn out exactly as planned. You are very welcome G x

      May 29, 2015
      Reply
  2. Rachel says

    This is DELICIOUS!!!!!! Yum yum yum. Very easy to make too!

    November 23, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Glad you enjoyed Rachel G x

      November 24, 2015
      Reply
  3. Rachel says

    I made this again last week, apple/rhubarb combo – my sister and her kids plus mine all loved it! The ginger just gives a different uplifting dimension to it. Such a winner!

    July 10, 2016
    Reply
  4. Georgia Harding says

    Glad you enjoyed it Rachel – I love the ginger too G x

    July 11, 2016
    Reply
  5. Heather says

    5 stars
    I made this with raspberries and blueberries, for dinner guests also made the maple bark, chopped it small and sprinkled over the hot crumble. Delicious and indulgent but o so good…

    June 3, 2019
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Oh wow, what a lovely combination Heather. Love the sound of your combinations, thanks for sharing G x

      June 3, 2019
      Reply
  6. Leyla Parbery says

    5 stars
    Wow Georgia, another amazing recipe thank you so much! I made for dessert and the kids and husband devoured it with some cream in one go!

    October 20, 2019
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad everyone loved it Leyla, thanks for rating the recipe too G x

      October 21, 2019
      Reply
  7. Carol says

    5 stars
    Georgia Georgia…..
    One big bunch of home grown rhubarb dropped off by a neighbour
    One Google search ‘Well Nourished rhubarb’
    One very satisfied family of 5 (including three fussy young girls who hate ginger and probably not keen on rhubarb)
    One surprised mum and cook as the picture sort of looked very curious to be honest
    One share of dessert dropped off to aforementioned neighbour
    Try this people…..it’s so so good!!

    March 24, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Ha ha – what a lovely message Carol. So pleased you loved it. Cheers for the 5🌟 rating too G x

      March 28, 2020
      Reply

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