Saturday, July 5, 2025

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp {New} + 6 More Favorite Rhubarb & Strawberry Recipes to Make Right Now

Hi Friends,

Last month, after finally getting this blueberry crisp recipe to a happy place — where the topping didn't disappear into the fruit below, and the filling didn't taste overly sweet — I began experimenting with other fruit, namely the classic combination of strawberries and rhubarb.

The beauty of pairing strawberries with rhubarb is twofold: one, the flavors complement each other, and two, it allows you to use less sugar, as the strawberries provide a nice amount of sweetness.

Unlike the blueberry crisp recipe, in which I removed all of the sugar from the filling, I was not able to do that here — I tried! The rhubarb is just too tart and needs a little bit more sugar than the strawberries can provide on their own.

The upshot of leaving some of the sugar in the filling is that it allows you to use the lemon-sugar trick: zest a lemon into the sugar, then rub the zest into it — this releases the oils in the lemon, heightening the lemon flavor. (Learned this trick from Dorie Greenspan via the Martha Stewart Show years ago, and I use it every chance I get.)

Though I have only tried lemon, I think orange or lime would work well here, too. Get the crisp recipe here and find a few more favorite rhubarb and strawberry recipes below.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp