Recipe #8: Rhubarb, apple and date crumble!!

'This dish could have potentially lost us the challenge...'
With masterchef in the background, I sit here with a full belly of 2 servings of sweet rhubarb, apple and date crumble!
So this dish was full of winter flavours...although it would of been really enhanced with a cinnamon stick!

So Natalie's critique:
Her thinking was that the flavours were beautiful, the down side though was the textures (which I agree) and a little too sweet. The sweetness I blame the recipe for, as it said 'a decent amount of sugar' which could be taken in many ways. The texture was a little too mushy; I think it would of been better if I simmered the fruit for less time before putting it all in the oven. Natalie has the same opinion as me when it comes to texture in this dish! When too mushy, it turns to baby food, and you want the flavours to linger! and come on!! CRUMBLE should be CRUMBLY and crunchy and this was not crunchy enough! And according to masterchef, texture in a dish makes up 50-60 % of the final product!

Although the texture could be tweaked, this dish was a lovely way to finish a sunny gusty Autumn day! I love the dates! Loved the crumbly flavour! Thanks to Steph for making rhubarb crumble earlier this week and making me crave it! hehe

Oh and Wills opinion: More crumble! as a man would say! They want less fruit and more gutsy stuff! haha...although Nat and I do agree!

So 7's and 8s out of 10> a great success! Although this post sounds like a negative critique, this crumble was deeeelicious!!