Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp Recipe - Creations by Kara (2024)

FAQs

Why is my rhubarb crisp soggy? ›

The rhubarb-strawberry mixture in this recipe releases liquid as it cooks, so you can expect this dessert to be nice and juicy, yet the buttery, crumbly topping crisps up to hold it all together. To avoid a soggy topping, bake the dish until the topping is golden brown and crisp.

Macerate Your Rhubarb With Sugar To Draw Out Excess Liquid

The reason rhubarb pie gets so runny is that rhubarb is 95% liquid, which puts it near the top of watery fruits and vegetables alongside things like melon and cabbage.

Rhubarb, when mixed with strawberries, gives you that sourness to balance the sweetness and the complexity.

'Strawberry' is ideal for well-drained areas of the vegetable garden, and once planted it should not be moved. The plant would benefit from a generous annual mulch of well-rotted compost or manure. Garden care: Rhubarb needs an open, sunny spot with fertile, moist but freely-draining soil.

They're supposed to be chunky and craggy, with big pieces of crumble on top. By freezing your topping, it makes it harden just slightly and that means the texture will be nice and crispy when it's cooked.” To do this properly, you first need to make sure that the topping is still a little lumpy.

So what's a crumble vs. a crisp? A crumble is just a crisp without oats in the streusel. It may feature nuts, but the streusel topping is usually a simple combination of butter, flour, and sugar that is more clumpy than that of a crisp.

Brush Your Pie in Egg Wash

Once you've pre-baked your pie, brush the bottom and sides of the crust with egg wash, then reheat at 400° for 4 minutes to set the glaze. This creates a seal between the crust and the filling so that your crust stays crispy and golden once the filling is added.

Usually it's the crumble that wrong. It might be too lean, making it rather dry and everlasting to eat, or it's undercooked so that it has the pasty flavour of uncooked flour.

It can be all rhubarb, sliced about 1/2″ thick, or a combination of strawberries and rhubarb. Add 1 cup of granulated sugar to the fruit, along with 3 tablespoons of cornstarch or tapioca starch. Tapioca starch is best for fruit pies, because it sets clear.

High in oxalic acid

Rhubarb contains approximately 570–1,900 mg of oxalate per 3.5 ounces (100 grams). The leaves contain the most oxalate, comprising 0.5–1.0% of the leaf ( 3 ). Too much oxalate in the body can lead to a condition known as hyperoxaluria, which is when excess oxalate is excreted in the urine.

Is rhubarb a laxative? ›

Rhubarb is a type of laxative called a stimulant laxative. Stimulant laxatives can cause diarrhea and decrease potassium levels. Some medications for inflammation, called corticosteroids, can also decrease potassium levels. Taking these products together might cause potassium levels to drop too low.

To pick rhubarb, hold the stalk firmly, pull and twist. Do not use a knife to cut the stalks from the plant. The knife can carry diseases from plant to plant, and the remaining stalk can be a point of entry for other pests.

While members of the Brassica family, like broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, are staples in many gardens, they don't typically make good neighbors for rhubarb. The reason remains a subject of debate among gardeners, but some speculate it's due to competition for nutrients or potential soil pH clashes.

For the balance of the season, I would do a vermi-casting, worm po, and de-sulfured molasses compost tea plus a drench of compost tea and Epsom salt mix later in the season. There are a number of organic fertilizers you could use. This will cause the rhubarb to grow. Don't fertilize your rhubarb the first year.

However, rhubarb and most other plants are self-pollinating and contain both male and female sexual organs.

Method. Put the rhubarb into a saucepan with the orange zest, juice, sugar and 2 tbsp water. Bring to the boil then simmer for 8 mins until the rhubarb is cooked but still holds its shape.

If you think it's too wet, add a little more flour to soak up the extra butter.

Brush Your Pie in Egg Wash

Once you've pre-baked your pie, brush the bottom and sides of the crust with egg wash, then reheat at 400° for 4 minutes to set the glaze. This creates a seal between the crust and the filling so that your crust stays crispy and golden once the filling is added.

Trick one: Cornflour.

This isn't totally traditional but using cornflour is a cheat's way of thickening up the fruit mixture sauce so that it doesn't become too watery. As well as this, it keeps your crumble topping crispy because the additional water that cooks out of the rhubarb can make it go soggy.