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00:00Hi, I'm Hallie Alton, food and drink writer for National World, and I'm an absolute lover of
00:05steaks. I think I've tried steaks from every single UK supermarket, but my favourite has to be Aldi.
00:14Their steaks are absolutely unbelievable, from their own range to the Ashfields range,
00:20all of them I find absolutely delicious. So when I found out that Aldi were releasing a first of
00:26its kind steak range, the first thing I had to do was run to the shops, grab a steak, bring it home
00:32and cook it and give it a try. The brand new range is 40 day aged Aberdeen Angus steaks,
00:39which are available in rump, sirloin and ribeye. Ribeye is my absolute favourite cut of steak,
00:46so that is the one that I picked up. In the range, ribeye is the most expensive, however,
00:51all of these steaks are incredibly affordable. A rump is £4.49, sirloin is £5.69 and ribeye is £5.79
01:00and all of them are 227 grams, so you still get quite a lot for your money. So yes, I was
01:05incredibly excited to try this range for myself, and here is what I thought. I will say that I'm
01:13really, really critical of steak. I know what I like and I know what I don't, and what I like
01:19is a rare steak. I want the inside of that steak to be pink, purple in colour, which I know isn't
01:25to everybody's taste, but that's my preference. I like it to be very, very juicy, easy to cut into,
01:32not chewy at all and certainly not overcooked. While of course this is down to the person who
01:38is actually going to be frying the steak, it is also down to the quality of the steaks,
01:42in my opinion, as I found that cooking it the same way but using a different steak each time
01:48does make a huge difference in flavour and texture. When I sat down to eat the brand new
01:5340-day range from Aldi, I was left with a kind of mixed opinion. As Aldi's other steaks, it was
02:00absolutely gorgeous, there's no doubt about that, and it had plenty of flavour, but it was the texture
02:06that I was left a little bit disappointed with. As I said, I like juicy steaks, which this certainly
02:12was, however I did find it quite difficult to cut into. I also found that when I was eating it, it
02:17was kind of chewy, which again is not something that I really like in a steak, but at the same
02:23time, it did have that juicy tenderness in the centre, which is what I look for the most. I try
02:28to cook my steak as rare as possible, but I think for this steak in particular, the 40-day aged
02:34Aberdeen Angus steaks, I think I would cook it even less time to hopefully reduce that chewiness.
02:41That said, although I was a little bit more disappointed than usual, and I don't think it's
02:46as good as it's Ashfield's steaks personally, they are still my absolute top favourite. I do think it
02:53was a fantastic steak, very delicious, bursting with flavour, and again, I tried the ribeye, I might
02:59feel differently about the rump or the sirloin, and most of all, it is always down to personal
03:04preference, especially when it comes to steaks. However, I will say I would probably give it a
03:097 out of 10, definitely on the higher end of the steaks of the UK supermarkets, but not an absolute
03:16favourite. For me personally, down to chewiness, and that it wasn't easy to cut into. That's just my
03:22opinion, head to Aldi yourself, give it a try, and let us know what you think!