May at Waitrose is all about the 80s: the good, the tinned, the cheese & pineapple hedgehog. We’re filling our plates with all our favourite nosh-talgic classics reimagined, and saying thank you to the decade that brought us chicken Kyivs and the tequila sunrise.
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What’s more retro than a prawn cocktail? A prawn cocktail vol-au-vent, of course. This mega-sized canapé takes vintage flavour to new extremes, and performs equally well as a dinner party centrepiece as it does dinner à deux.
DINNER TONIGHT
Dynamic duo
Enjoy double the 80s fun with this mashup of two of the decade’s favourites – these Boursin chicken Kyivs are more creamy, herby and garlicky than the sum of their parts.
SIP OF THE WEEK
Retro taste, ready to drink
80s cocktails might have been full of gaudy colours, curious flavour combos, and even curiouser names (fuzzy navel, anyone?), but Moth’s tinned piña colada is a summer-ready, tasteful homage to this technicolour decade.
SHOPPING
Things we're buying this week
SHOPPING
Things we're buying this week
Food editor Alison Oakervee shares her unmissable weekly picks
No.1 Vanilla & British Blackcurrant Ripple Ice Cream
“Now the sunshine has arrived, this indulgent Madagascan vanilla ice cream with a generous blackcurrant ripple will be my go-to summer scoop – ready to serve on its own, into cones or alongside a warm brownie.”
No.1 BBQ Curried Spatchcock Chicken with Coronation Sauce
“Impressive for sharing any time of the week, when you don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen. I’ll be serving this topped with the crispy onions it comes with, spoonfuls of mango chutney and cooling cucumber and mint raita, plus warm naan.“
Blanco Niño Creamy Jalapeño
“These white corn tortilla chips are moreishly spiced with a subtle tang – great as a base for loaded nachos, crushed in a salad with black beans, lettuce and a creamy dressing, or crumbled to coat chicken breasts or fish.”
Northern Pasta Co Radiatori
“Ruffled with deep ridges, this shaped pasta is designed to trap thick sauces. Made with regeneratively grown British spelt, it not only tastes good, but is good for our planet too.”
IN MY BASKET
Cooks’ Ingredients Sun Dried Tomato paste is Orlando Murrin’s secret sunshine ingredient
The chef and food journalist uses this intensely flavoured paste in his 80s-inspired Penne alla vodka – urban legend has it that the dish was invented as a post-disco late-night supper.
“This is a brilliant ‘secret ingredient’ to add intense, vibrant tomato flavour to all sorts of dishes. It tastes entirely natural – clean and sweet – and you can use it as it is (stirred into mayo, for instance) or in cooked dishes where you’re looking to deepen and enrich the flavour.”
The 80s are calling…
May’s issue of Waitrose Food Magazine is out, and it’s a nosh-talgic love letter to the 80s. Pick up your free copy with a My Waitrose card.
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