Aldi at Christmas: Where to buy giant Yorkshire pudding with pig in blanket, panna cotta star and more
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If you thought it was all over for Channel 4’s Aldi’s Next Big Thing, think again. In tonight’s one-off Christmas special, Aldi has once again taken us behind the scenes, but this time it introduced us to four of Aldi’s existing food producers, who have made something new for the festive period.
In the one-off episode, we saw the British suppliers walk us through the process of developing and producing tasty sweet and savoury products, from idea to completion. This was a break from the norm of pitching to Aldi’s Julie Ashfield, though she still popped up every now and again to explain what makes a good festive Aldi product.
As we’ve come to see on Next Big Thing, unusual products are key. If there’s a twist on a classic festive food, you can bet that it’s up Aldi’s street. And that’s exactly what we saw in the Christmas special.
Tonight, we saw British suppliers prepare giant Yorkshire puddings stuffed with a pig in blanket, Red Leicester cheeses with honey, a panna cotta star and an English sparkling wine. Needless to say, it was all a little stressful.
As with Aldi’s Next Big Thing, all the festive products seen on screen are being sold online and in-store, so you’ll be able to get them delivered to your home, just in time for Christmas.
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London butcher Steve Crosby is the foodie entrepreneur responsible for creating the masterpiece that is the two-metre-long pig in blanket, which sold out in a whopping 24 hours. The wacky creation this year? A giant Yorkshire pudding with a 60cm pig in blanket, made from British pork, curled up inside.
While the production of the giant meaty Yorkshire pudding was a little touch and go for Steve and his team, they managed to pull it off in time. You can buy the giant Yorkshire pudding with…
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