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An introductory note from the Quorn team:  One of the many glamorous perks of being a Quorn blog guest writer is that you may be the lucky writer who gets asked to try out exciting new Quorn products before they hit supermarket shelves.  A brilliant new range is coming out this summer. 

They’ll be in Sainsbury’s this April, followed by wider distribution from May.

Featuring delicious Quorn Mini Balls, Sweet Chilli Stir Fry Strips, Roast Style Sliced Fillets to Quorn Seasoned Steak Strips, we asked our friendly neighbourhood guest writer Layla Baldachin to roll up her sleeves and get cooking with these Quorn products!  Read on for Layla’s adventures in pizza and stir-fry tastic recipe ideas using our new products.   Over to you Layla!

As we await the slow approach of summer, balmy spring days can still mean a world of slap-up feasts spread out on a blanket in the grass, just like Blyton’s stories from the 40’s and 50’s.

To this end, I whole-heartedly accepted a challenge to try out a range of new Quorn products. 

The Roast Style Sliced Fillets make a base for a great salad or pitta bread – just add chopped up peppers, lettuce, tomatoes and onion. The sauce is your choice: a few dollops of creamy mayo and mustard, or a balsamic dressing. Eat in the sun with ginger beer or use to pep up your packed lunch at work. This is now my favourite lunch treat!

The Mini Balls make great ‘spaghetti and meatballs’ – the flavour of the Mini Balls comes through the sauce very well. These balls make a great nibbly addition to a picnic as well. I could quite happily munch on a couple of these straight from the packet with a glass of homemade lemonade – which I did!

Moving on to the Seasoned Steak Strips, these do rather well in a sandwich if heated in a pan, combined with salad and smeared with mayonnaise and mustard. If you’ve been watching the ‘Chinese Food in 5 Minutes’ series on TV, substitute any meaty ingredients for these strips … they are fantastic if stir-fried with chopped chillies and onions, in black bean sauce. 

Speaking of stir-fries, I was also presented with some Sweet Chilli Stir Fry Strips which are too convenient for words. They are coated with enough sauce to be able to simply throw in a wok with some veggies and just serve on noodles with some soy sauce. No garlic crushing, ginger chopping or spice smashing required. Easy as a takeaway! The sweet chilli coating complements those sweetish Chinese sauces as well, so you can add extra flavour like sweet and sour or kung-pao sauce and the coating on the Quorn strips won’t interfere with the flavours.

As a finale (driven mostly by jealousy of my meat-eating friends), I made my own meat feast pizza. This comprised a store-bought pizza base, some homemade tomato sauce, a mountain of cheese and sliced Quorn Mini Balls, Roast Style Sliced Fillets and Seasoned Steak Strips. The Quorn Mini Balls were really complemented by the stronger flavours of the tomato sauce and cheese. I’ll also try the Quorn Bacon Style Rashers next time!

Yes, yes, I can hear you saying “all this stir-frying isn’t very like Blyton’s picnics with the Famous Five”. Well I happen to know the children of the Faraway Tree series would choose Quorn products over sardine-flavoured ice cream!

Editors note:  If you try any of our new products over the coming weeks, be sure to comment with your thoughts.  And do click here for further info.