Rhubarb Batter Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 4

450 g/1 lb rhubarb, chopped
45 ml/3 tbsp orange juice
225 g/8 oz clear honey
25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter or margarine

1 egg, beaten
2.5 ml/0.5 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

30 ml/2 tbsp soured (dairy sour) cream

100 g/4 oz/1 cup wholemeal flour

A pinch of salt
2.5 ml/0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)

Method :

Spread the rhubarb over the base of a greased 20 cm/8 in pie dish. Mix together the orange juice and half the honey and trickle it over the rhubarb. Dot with the butter or margarine. Mix together the egg, the remaining honey, the vanilla essence and soured cream. Stir in the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda and spread the batter over the rhubarb. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4 for 30 minutes until golden.