Alfresco Opies
Dust off the barbecue, roll out the picnic rug and book the beach hut. Opies has a whole host of delicious store-cupboard essentials that really come into their own in the summer and form the basis of many delicious culinary shortcuts.
Opies Gherkins are essential for a barbecue as there’s no better way to top a burger or to add crunch to a hot dog! Add texture and taste to a salad and scatter over some capers and cocktail onions.
For dessert, compotes are an easy option: top a meringue, stir into yogurt or make your own version of Eton Mess!
To help get us ready for the better weather and enjoy some summer fun Opies have arranged 2 delicious hampers, each worth over £25, for you guys to try to win.
Each hamper basket is to include:
- Cocktail Gherkins
- Cocktail Onions
- Organic Capers
- Cocktail Cherries
- Sliced Lemons
- Black Cherries in Kirsch
- Summer Berry Compote
- Gooseberry Compote
If that’s got your taste buds tingling and you’d like to be in with a chance to win, simply enter your details into the Gleam app below.
I’d love for you to share your recipe ideas in the comments, I need some inspiration. I tend to just sit with a fork and a jar of gherkins until they are gone. Help me out here!
Disclosure – Opies have kindly gifted the prize hampers.
Lovely hamper 🙂
This hamper looks delicious. Thanks for the giveaway.
This looks like a wonderful selection
capers are brilliant with crusty bread and cheese, especially a strong flavoured cheese such as Manchego or Gruyere.
Oh my. That might be a new favourite. Ooo I’m craving cheese, bread and capers now
I have a real love of capers 🙂
I’ve only recently discovered capers and I’m now hooked!
Amazing hamper!
looks great
What a great prize. Love to win this
Great prize
fab hamper for summer bbqs
Daughter would love this giveaway,
Fantastic delicious treats to share with my family
Gherkins are fab on burgers, get the kids taste buds tingling with some pickles too!
I can’t get my son to eat them. I have explained they are the best food on the planet. He thinks they look like frog toes. Pahahaha
A gherkin salad!!! Mixed with cucumber, shallots and rapeseed oil. Always good in a big fat burger too!!!
That sounds amazing!
What a nice selection of food
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A complete reinvention of the 1970’s cocktail party nibbles. Love it
Make lamb chops,and pop gherkins, sundried Tom’s, anchovies and splash of soy in blender. Whizz up and heat through pour over chops voila.
Ooo husb would love this!
I could happily do the fork and jar of gherkins thing – or even forgo the fork, since OH hates gherkins so the only germs my fingers would transfer to the jar would be my own! But they (and most other pickles) are also delicious with patés and cold pork pies, so I like to keep a few back for that.
I completely just eat out of the just with my fingers too but I didn’t want to be alone in that so kept quiet 😂
Those cherries look delicious.
What a great selection of goodies!
Lovely prize, thanks for the chance to win x
great giveaway thank you
Love the sound of cherries in kirsch, might use those in a trifle.
They are yummy, good luck getting them into a trifle. I tried but the jar had miraculously emptied
gorgeous hamper of goodies
Fabulous gift hamper
Awesome prize.🍀 I love the cocktail cherries❤
There’s some amazing tastes and flavours in those little jars. The slices of lemon would go lovely with the Gin Cocktails you mentioned in your ‘Spring Cocktails from Aldi’ post? 😉 I’d pop a bottle in the picnic basket. x
Ooo you don’t need to tell me to pop gin in my picnic twice xx
Capers are lovely with roasted fennel in a pasta dish with tomato sauce, anchovies perk up a pizza every once in a while and gherkins make a great addition to standard coleslaw!
Gherkins in coleslaw! You are a genius I’ll be trying that tonight
This is perfect for our upcoming house warming party!
Good luck and congratulations on the new house x
I use capers in a kale and anchovy pasta dish I make – it’s delicious, mmm salty!!
There are so many things I could use these for ! thank you for a great giveaway !
Good luck x
I love cocktail cherries used to have a Babycham just to get one .
great prize ideal for my up and coming B B Q
This would be perfect for the summer.
Mm looks fantastic!
This is a lovely prize for the summer
What a lovely little give away, perfect for a picnic, when the weathers better obv!! 🙂
this hamper sounds delicious!! it would go down well in my household!
Many thanks
I do love the Opies Gherkins and we buy them regularly.
They are just so crisp and tasty aren’t they
VERY TASTY
Wow role on barbecue weather. I’d have every accompaniment I’d need.
I can’t wait for barbecue season
Looks wonderful
Lovely prize, good luck everyone!
And good luck to you lovely x
what a fab hamper with a great selection of snacks
Quite honestly I wish I could win 🤔
wow these look absolutely stunning
It’s a great selection, good luck
Mmm yummy yummy I love experimenting with different foods
These are such amazing quality as well
Here’s a really simple recipe for Warm Potato Salad with Tarragon cream, great with bbq fish and meat.
550g baby new potatoes
4½ tbsp olive oil
2 shallots, finely sliced
1 tbsp white-wine vinegar
2 tbsp double cream
leaves from 4 sprigs of tarragon, chopped
50g (1¾oz) pickled gherkin diced
This sounds right up my street! Thank you I’ll add the bits to my shopping list xx
How lovely! We’ve had rain today so this is brightening things up! 🙂
We’ve had rain as well, typical bank holiday!
I’ve never heard of Opies until today but the food looks absolutely delicious.
You’ll see them everywhere now!
enjoy any kind of weather, get out and do things, a walk in the park.
Lovely giveaway nice hamper
wow lovely for the warm summer nights!
Wonderful thank you! Bring on the Summer and eating alfresco!
Definitely! It’s raining here at the moment and I’m ready for the better weather!