My mother in law Leslie has been growing rhubarb in her garden (among other things) and she was kind enough to supply me with some. I washed, chopped, and tossed the stalks in the freezer to chill and wait until I bought strawberries. Once the day had come for me to bake something rhubarbie the strawberries I bought were mush and Steve managed to eat most of them, crap! I needed to think fast. By this point I was jonesing for something sweet and I wanted it now! In a cold sweat, hands shaking, heart beating fast, I tore through the cupboards searching for something ANYTHING! I ripped open the freezer door and there they were sitting under the glow of the freezer light........my very last bag of blackberries from last year!!!! Aaaaaammmmmeeeennnnnnn
wash, chop, and pop in the freezer (keeps rhubarb firm when baking) this recipe was about 8 cups
pre heat oven to 375 degrees
combine 3 cups blackberries 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/4 cup flour juice of 1/2 a lemon
make sure it's well combined but gently you don't want it mushy, place in a baking dish and set aside
for topping: mix together 1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup rolled oats 1 cup brown sugar 1 stick melted butter
layer topping over prepared fruit then top that with 2 tablespoons cubed butter
bake for 45 minutes until juices bubble, topping is golden brown, and fruit is tender
holy crap it turned out good
course I would tweak the recipe here and there but it wasn't bad for pullin' it out of my.......eerrrr...freezer, ya freezer.
If anyone has any rhubarb recipes to share (cause I could use em') post them on www.recipesfromthewild.com
If anyone has any rhubarb recipes to share (cause I could use em') post them on www.recipesfromthewild.com
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