Ingredients

  • 400 g rhubarb
  • 75 g sugar
  • 300 g shortcrust pastry
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g sugar
  • 75 g almonds
  • 50 g ground almonds
  • 3 tablespoons apricot jam

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200C Put the rhubarb in a single layer in a shallow greased dish and sprinkle on the caster sugar.
  • Cover with foil and cook in the oven for 15 minutes.
  • Remove the foil, turn the pieces over and cook, uncovered, for another 10 minutes or until tender.
  • Set aside.
  • Meanwhile, roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 23cm flan tin.
  • Prick the base.
  • Lay a piece of foil inside and weight it down with baking beans or rice.
  • Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the foil and beans or rice and bake for another 5 minutes.
  • Reduce the oven temperature to 190C
  • Sift the flour and cinnamon into a bowl.
  • Add the butter and rub inches Stir in the demerara sugar and both types of almonds.
  • Spread the jam or marmalade in the base of the flan case.
  • Drain the juice off the rhubarb and put the rhubarb in the flan case.
  • Sprinkle the crumble on top.
  • Bake for another 20 minutes.
  • Serve warm with cream or custard.