It's been raining!

I am happy to report that it has been raining in the Barossa - finally!! We have had around 2.5 inches (65mm) in the last 4 days and it has been wonderful! The grass is already starting to grow so hopefully in a few days the landscape will have a lovely green tinge to it instead of plain old brown.

With the rain came some cooler weather and we lit the loungeroom fire for the first time. There is something very soothing about a log fire and we found that it also helped to keep that end of the house (where the bedrooms are) a little bit warmer overnight. So today we had 1.5 tonnes of Balranald Redgum delivered. Not quite sure how long that much will last us for but will keep you posted.

The cooler weather marks the start of the warm desserts. After a trip to the Farmer's Market I returned with some rhubarb to add to some stewed apple for a Rhubarb and Apple Crumble.
I have been trying to find a crumble recipe that I like and I finally found one on the weekend. It must be an Australian thing to have rolled oats in your crumble topping, but that's the way I like it.

Crumble Topping

1 cup rolled oats
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup plain flour
100g butter, softened.

Using your hands, rub together the oats, brown sugar, flour and butter to make a crumbly topping. Sprinkle over fruit of your choice - could be stewed apple, stewed rhubarb, mixed berries, tinned peaches....whatever takes your fancy - and bake for 30min at 180C or until golden. Serve with icecream, cream, custard or yoghurt.

Now if you want to use less butter then you can...I used 50g and it was fine!