{"id":619914,"date":"2020-03-02T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=619914"},"modified":"2020-03-02T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:14:50","slug":"in-a-fascinating-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/in-a-fascinating-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow your own Cocktail Garden with Aldi !"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a fascinating innovation Aldi has partnered with celebrity horticulturist Matt James to help customers grow the ultimate herb garden by sharing his top tips!<\/h3>\n

www.aldi.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

YOUTUBE<\/a> | TWITTER<\/a> | PINTEREST<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a> | INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n

Even when space is tight, shoppers can remain calm \u2013 as Matt explains, there are plenty of herbs that are adaptable for a variety of conditions, inside or out! Better yet, once they\u2019re fully grown they can be plucked from pots and added an extra dash of flavour to recipes, or be used as a garnish for one of Aldi\u2019s award-winning tipples.<\/p>\n

Please see below two refreshing cocktail recipes using homegrown herbs:<\/p>\n

Grilled Peach Julep<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

50 ml Highland Black 8-Year-Old Whisky
\n6-8 mint leaves
\n15ml honey
\n1 peach
\n10ml fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Add the mint to the cocktail shaker and cover with the Highland Black 8-Year-Old Whisky.
\nLightly muddle using a wooden spoon.
\nAdd the honey to the cocktail shaker and stir until dissolved.
\nTo make peach pur\u00e9e cut 1 peach in half and de-stone.
\nLightly grill the two halves until they begin to caramelise.
\nAdd to a blender until smooth and place in the fridge to chill.
\nAdd 25ml of peach pur\u00e9e and all the remaining ingredients and stir to ensure all the flavours are combined.
\nPour into an ice-filled tall glass.<\/p>\n

Pamplemousse Gin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

80ml Greyson\u2019s London Dry Gin
\nJuice of 1 Red Grapefruit
\nJuice of 1 Lime
\nSprigs of Fresh Rosemary
\nTonic Water
\nIce Cubes<\/p>\n

Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

Put the grapefruit and lime juices together with the gin in a cocktail shaker, along with a sprig of rosemary and some ice cubes.
\nShake well, then strain into two large gin glasses over ice.
\nTop up with tonic water, garnish with lime wedges and rosemary to serve.<\/p>\n

Aldi\u2019s Grow Your Own and Spring Garden Prep ranges are available in stores 1st March and available to pre-order online from 23rd February while stocks last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a fascinating innovation Aldi has partnered with celebrity horticulturist Matt James to help customers grow the ultimate herb garden by sharing his top tips! www.aldi.co.uk YOUTUBE | TWITTER | PINTEREST | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM Even when space is tight, shoppers can remain calm \u2013 as Matt explains, there are plenty of herbs that are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":619917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620217,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619914\/revisions\/620217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}