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26 Jun 2020
Continuing to support British strawberry growers throughout summer, supermarket Aldi is back with this week's strawberry-inspired recipes so you can transform the sweet fruit into a variety of delightful dishes. From delicious desserts to savoury salads, these recipes demonstrate just how versatile the British strawberry can be!
First up is Aldi's Austin Jelly Jars. You can make your own jelly from scratch with the strawberry-flavoured, sugar-free jelly crystals, which are combined with fresh strawberry slices, blueberries and Austin's Summer Punch for that extra little kick. Refreshingly cool and syrupy sweet, these desserts are bound to fulfil all of your fruity desires and are perfect for keeping you hydrated in the heat!
Aldi's Austin Jelly Jars
Ingredients
2 Sachets Delicious Desserts Strawberry Flavour Sugar-Free Jelly Crystals
370ml Austin's Summer Punch
570ml Boiling Water
100ml Cold Water
400g Strawberries, sliced
150g Blueberries
Method
Place half the strawberries and blueberries evenly between the jars.
Pour the jelly crystals into the boiling water and stir until they have dissolved.
Add the Austin's Summer Punch and cold water to this mix and stir.*
Pour over the fruit in the jars until half full and place in the fridge to set for an hour.
When the jellies have set, evenly distribute the remaining fruit across the jars and pour the rest of the jelly over the top (this prevents all the fruit settling at the bottom).
Leave in the fridge for another 1-2 hours.
*For children, replace Austin's with 185ml of cold water.
If this is a little too sweet, transform your strawberries into something more savoury by pairing them with spinach leaves, walnuts and goat's cheese to create a Mediterranean-inspired salad. The creamy goat's cheese and earthy walnuts are offset by the freshness of the spinach leaves and the zing of the strawberries. This light but immensely satisfying dish is perfect for indulging on a hot summer's day.
Aldi's Strawberry, Spinach & Goat's Cheese Salad
Ingredients
400g punnet Strawberries
200g bag Spinach leaves
130g bag Walnuts
150g log soft Goat's Cheese
100ml Solesta Olive Oil – plus a little extra for frying
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp Stonemill Dried Parsley
Salt and Black Pepper
Method
Saute the walnuts in a little oil in a large frying pan or wok until slightly burnt, cool, then chop roughly.
Wash and hull the strawberries, then slice.
Gently rip the spinach leaves.
Put the spinach leaves, walnuts and strawberries into a large bowl.
Gently break the goats' cheese and sprinkle over the salad.
To make the dressing, whisk the lime juice, parsley and the olive oil together. Season with some salt and pepper, pour over the salad, gently toss and serve.
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For more information, please contact the Aldi Consumer Press Office on:
T: +44 207 693 6995 or E: aldi@welcometofrank.com
Notes to editors:
Aldi is Britain's fifth largest supermarket with 880 stores and more than 34,000 employees.
Aldi is attracting hundreds of thousands of new customers every year with its range of exclusive brands, passing low operating costs on to customers in the form of low prices.
The supermarket believes in making every day amazing and that's why every single day Aldi delivers on the best possible value for millions of families throughout the UK and Ireland across everything from award-winning fresh produce to world class gin.
Aldi won't be beaten on price; consistently racks up award after award for quality; treats its suppliers with fairness and respect and recognises the responsibility of supporting valued institutions such as Team GB to demonstrate the importance of health and wellness. That's Aldi. That's everyday amazing. The reason they do this? Because Aldi believes that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy, affordable food…it's a right, not a privilege.
The company's current achievements and initiatives include:
- Aldi is the UK's lowest priced supermarket. Research released by Which? showed that Aldi is 19% cheaper, on average, than the Big Four supermarkets. It tracked the price of more than a hundred items at the UK's eight biggest supermarkets throughout March 2020.
- Aldi has a five-year partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust – its fundraising target of £5m will go towards helping the trust to reach out to every young person with cancer in the UK.
- Aldi's rates of pay are significantly higher than the Government's National Living Wage and also above the Living Wage Foundation's recommended national rates. Store Assistants receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 in London.
- Aldi is the official supermarket partner of Team GB and ensures every member of the team has access to fresh healthy Aldi food via monthly shopping vouchers, and that 1.2 million 5-14 year olds will learn about the benefits of cooking fresh, healthy food via its Get Set to Eat Fresh education initiative. Aldi has been a partner since 2015 and has extended its commitment to the 2024 Olympic games in Paris.
- In June 2019, for the sixth consecutive year, Aldi was ranked the best-performing supermarket for compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, underlining its commitment to maintaining fair, predictable and sustainable prices within its supply chain.
Full details of Aldi's awards and achievements are detailed at www.aldi.co.uk/awards
