how to make crumble

flowerofthewest

I have some rhubarb and strawberries and fancy making a crumble with them, but have never done one before.
I'm guessing I just have to stew the rhubarb and strawbs, but I don't know how to make a crumble - pathetic isn't it?
Please help
Fi

rchddap1

Easy. Do you know how to make pastry? Its the first bit of that. Half fat to flour......use fingers to rub in and then I usully add a bit of sugar to taste. Sometimes I also add a few rolled oats to to make it a bit crumblier. Healthier too, but that's choice.

Job done.

flowerofthewest

Thanks for your reply rchddap1
I have never made pastry, always been a cake person.
So, half fat to flour I can do, but should I use plain flour or SR, or does it not matter?
If I add oats, do I reduce the amount of flour?
Fi

spaghetti_monster

Hi there!
I don't usually do anything to the fruit underneath - just a bit of brown sugar and maybe some lemon juice as I don't like the fruit to be really mushy. But Then I usually do apples, plums things that can be eaten raw. But as rhubarb definitely needs to be cooked, I would cook it a bit first. The strawberries I would leave raw (if it was me!)
If I put oats in, I take away from the amount of flour. I also use any kind of flour knocking around. The proportions I use are 8oz flour/4 butter/3 sugar.

Have you tried a cobbler?? I made a rhubarb one the other day for the first time...mmmmmmmmm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=cobbler&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2Bcobbler&search=Search

milliemonster

I make crumble all the time, you don't need to cook the fruit underneath first, even rhubarb, I just chop it up and put some sugar over the top, it cooks in the oven, the recipe I use for the crumble topping is this:

85g sugar
225g flour (self raising or plain)
170g butter/margarine

or you can subsitute half and half of the flour with ground almonds aswell

I put the lot in my mixer and blitz as I hate doing the rubbing in, it gets down my nails and takes ages to get out!

bang it in the oven at 200 degrees c for half an hour and then sit back and stuff yourself!!!

hollydays

I never note down a recipe for crumble,but the last one I used was the best,half fat to flour (now i don't have to look it up,its in my head)and the same amount of sugar as fat
eg 8oz flour
4 oz butter
4oz sugar

my OH is a crumble afficionado and we reckon this mix just melts in your mouth..

alwaysonthego_2

hollydays wrote: »

I never note down a recipe for crumble,but the last one I used was the best,half fat to flour (now i don't have to look it up,its in my head)and the same amount of sugar as fat
eg 8oz flour
4 oz butter
4oz sugar

my OH is a crumble afficionado and we reckon this mix just melts in your mouth..

That's the recipe I also use :T

pipkin71

alwaysonthego wrote: »

That's the recipe I also use :T

Ditto

Pipkin xxxx

flowerofthewest

Thanks for all your replies; looks like the 8/4/4 ratio is popular so I'll go with that.
MMMM Rhubarb and strawberry crumble for pudding - must see if I've got some custard knocking around somewhere.
Thanks again, you're all stars.


Fi

miss*whisper

Yum.! We've got apple and blackberry (with either crumble or a sponge top haven't decided yet lol) tonight

All the fruit from our garden/OH's parent's garden