Rhubarb Crumble Ice Cream
Rhubarb season is short but sweet but by making it into a puree to mix through ice cream is a genius way to keep it available all year long! This beauty is served with a crunchy, golden crumble topping for a refreshing yet comforting dessert.
rhubarb, chopped into 5cm lengths and halved if thick
caster sugar
double cream
condensed milk
vanilla pod, seeds scraped
light brown soft sugar
unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
plain flour
Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan) mark 5. To make crumble, rub butter into flour in a medium bowl with your fingers until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Mix in sugar. Squeeze crumble together into large clumps and scatter on a baking sheet (close together). Set aside.
Wash rhubarb and shake off excess water. Tip wet rhubarb into a roasting tin, mix in sugar and cover with foil. Put crumble and rhubarb into oven; bake crumble for about 15min until golden and rhubarb for 20-25min until soft and tender. Set crumble aside to cool. Tip rhubarb into a blender or food processor and whiz to a purée. Pour into a jug, set aside to cool.
Break cooled crumble into rough 1.5cm pieces. In a large bowl, whisk cream, condensed milk and vanilla seeds until just holding soft peaks.
Whisk all but 3tbsp of cooled rhubarb purée into cream mixture and fold through 1/3 of crumble. Scrape into a 20.5cm square tin. Drizzle over remaining rhubarb purée and marble with a skewer or knife. Scatter over remaining crumble pieces. Cover with clingfilm and freeze until solid.
To serve, allow to soften at room temperature for 15min before scooping into balls.