courtesy of
Culinary School of the Rockies
Tip: Can be made up to 24 hours ahead, refrigerated, and reheated for 10 minutes in a 350° oven.
Filling Ingredients
4 cups Sliced fresh rhubarb
1 ½ pints Fresh strawberries, cleaned and hulled
1/3 cup to 1/2 cup Sugar (to taste, depending on how sweet you like it)
1 ½ Tbs. Cornstarch
1 Tb. Lemon juice
Topping Ingredients
1 cup Flour
¾ cup Sugar
¼ tsp. Salt
½ lb. Butter
Method
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Slice rhubarb into ˝ inch slices and slice strawberries in half.
- Mix rhubarb, strawberries, 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice in a bowl.
- Toss to coat all ingredients.
- Spoon mixture into 8x8 baking pan or 8 or 9 inch pie plate.
- Combine the flour, ¾ c. sugar and salt in a bowl.
- Mix in the butter with your fingers or a fork until moist clumps form.
- Sprinkle topping over fruit.
- Place baking pan/pie plate on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbling hot.