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Simple yet effective!

Mix together 100g breadcrumbs with 100g castor sugar & grated rind of 1 orange. Put 1/2 in bottom of ovenproof greased dish. Melt 75g butter & sprinkle1/2 over breadcrumbs. Chop 450g rhubarb into 2.5cm lengths & arrange on top of breadcrumbs. Pour over juice of the orange. Top with rest of breadcrumbs & butter. Bake 190C/gas 5 for 45 mins.

Can also be made with apples or gooseberries.

Today I used some of my rhubarb - cut last week but more than I needed then....made a sort of rhubarb charlotte (as I remember it anyway)

cut the rhubarb into small chunks, put into bottom of lightly greased oven dish - sprinkled tablespoon or so of water & about the same of runny honey over....popped into hot oven while doing the next bit.

cut 3 slices of bread into cubes (don't forget this is just for me) melted a good chunk of butter in saucepan, added cubed bread, mixed well & stirred. took off heat - removed rhubarb from oven.

Half hour before I served up my lunch - spooned bread mix over top of rhubarb, sprinkled with demera sugar & baked at 190c. By the time I'd eaten first course (lasagne) rhubarb charlotte was ready (very hot) stays crisp if you let it cool a bit...had it with creme fraiche - lovely!

Have enough left for tomorrow (if I don't pick at it :P)

Mmm, the brown betty sounds like a delicious alternative to crumble, which we always seem to get, as my daughter has an aversion to pie ...

Sounds delicious.

Better stick to crumble this time though. The gentleman on the plot behind gave me some of his forced rhubarb today.  :)

Sally