Preheat the oven at 175 degrees.
Stew your fruit for 5 minutes:
- 450g rhubarb, chopped into 1cm pieces
- 400g strawberries, halved (this is a great way of using up ones that are too ripe to enjoy on their own)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup water
Drain the fruit from the juices (reserving the latter to use as cordial in some delicious impromptu cocktail). Set aside.
Mix together the dry ingredients:- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts were very tasty)
- 1 1/2 cup oats
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cup flour (spelt worked well)
Then mix in the wet:
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil (I like an olivey flavours, but use rapeseed if you don't)
- 1/4 cup honey
- few drops of vanilla essence
Compact half of this crumby mixture into the bottom of an oblong pan and bake for 20 minutes.
Add a good layer of stewed fruit, then sprinkle remaining mixture evenly over the top. Once distributed fairly, press down a little with the back of a spoon, then bake for a further 20 minutes, or until golden on top.
Have a little patience, and allow the crumble to cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes. Turn it out and cut into bar- shapes. I found a pizza cutter did the trick perfectly. Good eating!