Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 pound rhubarb
  • 2 cups blueberries (about 11 ounces)
  • 1/3 cup shelled natural pistachios
  • 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter

Method

  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • and butter a 2-quart shallow baking dish.
  • In a bowl stir together sugar and flour.
  • Trim rhubarb and cut enough of stalks into 1/2-inch pieces to measure 2 cups.
  • Add rhubarb and blueberries to sugar mixture, tossing well, and spread mixture in baking dish.
  • Finely chop pistachios.
  • In a bowl whisk together flour and sugars.
  • Cut butter into 1/2-inch cubes and with your fingers or a pastry blender blend into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse meal.
  • Add pistachios and toss well.
  • Squeeze a handful of topping together and coarsely crumble in chunks over filling.
  • Squeeze and evenly crumble remaining topping over filling in same manner.
  • Bake crisp in upper third of oven until filling is bubbling and topping is crisp and golden, about 50 minutes.
  • Serve crisp warm or at room temperature.