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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal160
  • fat3g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs30g
  • sugars29g
  • fibre1g
  • protein5g
  • salt0.12g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Preheat the oven to 180C/ Gas 4/fan oven 160C. Put the rhubarb in an ovenproof dish, sprinkle over 50g/2oz of the sugar and the orange zest and stir together. Cover and bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until tender. (Alternatively, you can cook the rhubarb with the sugar and zest in the microwave for 10 minutes on full power, stirring halfway through the cooking time, until just tender.)

  • step 2

    Remove the rhubarb from the oven and allow to cool slightly. Stir in the conserve then the egg yolks. Divide the rhubarb mixture between four 175ml/6fl oz ramekins. Put on a baking sheet and cook in the oven for 10 minutes until lightly thickened.

  • step 3

    While the rhubarb is cooking, whisk the egg whites until stiff. Sprinkle over half of the remaining sugar and whisk again. Gently fold in the rest of the sugar. Pile the meringue on top of the rhubarb to cover it completely and swirl the top. Return to the oven for 10 minutes until the meringue is puffy and golden. Serve immediately.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002

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A star rating of 4.7 out of 5.27 ratings

Filleep

Best rhubarb recipe on the beeb

layla.carvell28

i totally agree! literally AMAZEBALLS

acjacobs

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Like lots of others, the meringue collapsed and was all spongy. Not sure if it's the recipe for meringue of the fact that the hot rhubarb creates a lot of steam.

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TDSmith

I perforce cooked this in two kitchens, doing the rhubarb part at home before taking it to the in-laws where I do Sunday lunch and adding the meringue during the main course. Perhaps allowing the rhubarb to cool down much more before adding the meringue topping is the way to get this to work?

kerryjwilson

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

The flavour was good and it was great for a low fat diet but hard to eat - straight out of the oven it was just too hot to enjoy and the longer we left it, the more the meringue collapsed. Next time I'll try cooking and cooling the base completely just cooking the meringue for 10 minutes.

dantia1

question

I find it difficult after saving recipes to get into my collections any advice?

MiniCookMaddie2003

Made this with my nana. We did not have any strawberry jam so we used raspberry instead. It was still yummy and maybe next time I might use plum or strawberry conserve! Managed to make 6 instead of just 4.

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