Crumble and custard, what a finish! (Asda Bramley Apple Crumble)

Member Name: kaitlinsmummy

Product:	Asda Bramley Apple Crumble
Date:	29/09/08 (171 review reads)
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Advantages: Delicious with plenty of fruit.

Disadvantages: Doesn't serve two in our house!

As you may have gathered I have a bit of a sweet tooth, my particular favourite being anything that is chocolate, my husband on the other hand is a bit of a traditionalist preferring puddings that are hot, full of fruit and smothered in custard. I have to say that his favourite is sticky toffee pudding but as a change I bought him the pudding I will now review.

The pudding in question is " Asda bramley apple crumble".

The pudding is from the freezer section and comes in a green box with a picture of the dessert in it's cooked form spooned generously into a glass dish and with a dollop of custard on the side.

The box states that this is "a sweet bramley apple filling with a crunchy butter enriched crumble topping".

There is all the usual information to be had on the box, nutritional information, method of cooking and the fact that this dessert contains no colours or flavourings and has no hydrogenated fat. The dessert is suitable for vegetarians, well I should hope so, there's nothing worse than tucking into a nice bit of crumble to find someone has hidden a pork chop within!

When you remove the frozen crumble from the box you will see it comes in a oval tin foil dish, I would say it is big enough to feed two in la la land but only one in piggy land ie my house!
The dish is nice and deep, around an inch deep, and even in its frozen state the crumble looks nice and buttery.

The cooking instructions are easy peasy, first gently fork the crumble then place the frozen (no need to defrost) pudding into a pre heated oven (190 degrees / 375 degrees f / gas mark 5, for around 35 minutes. If the dessert is allowed to defrost the cooking time should be reduced accordingly.

After this time you will see the crumble topping has change to a golden brown colour, you will also see, though the box doesn't tell you this fact, that the apple below will have started to ooze, I think this makes it look more rustic and appetising.

Ok, so the pudding is cooked, please for heavens sake don't jump right in and take a mouthful, this dessert is like the puddings you get from McDonalds, they will literally remove all the skin from the inside of your mouth if you eat straight away, I tend to leave mine on the side for 5 minutes whilst I heat up the custard.

I was actually quite good when eating this, I managed (with the help of a very big tin of custard) to eek it out enough to make two reasonable sized portions.
The taste is lovely, the buttery and crunchy crumble compliments the tart apple beautifully, though the crumble is my favourite part, I could eat a bowl of that on its own!

Beneath the crumble is a nice thick compote of bramley apple, there is a good amount of sauce which is thick and almost jammy with a sweet taste. To counteract the sweetness of the sauce and the crumble are the apple pieces themselves, these are more than pieces, these can technically be called chunks they are so big!
These chunks retain there bite without being crunchy and are nice and tart tasting.

The nutritional information I will give you is for ½ of the crumble -

511 kcal
4.4g protein
72.4g carbohydrates
46.8g of which sugars
22.6g fat
11.4g of saturates
8.2g fibre

Ok come on, what were you expecting, this is and always has been a high sugar dessert, so of course it goes without saying that should be enjoyed occasionally as part of a healthy and varied diet.

As I mentioned earlier, this is an Asda's own brand product, so can obviously only be bought from there. I paid around the £1.00 mark for the pudding, this being the case I wasn't overly optimistic with it being a quality product, I am glad to say I was very wrong.

This dessert is delicious, fruity, sweet and tart at the same time topped beautifully with a crumbly and golden crown , perfect!

For more information visit - www.asda.co.uk

Thanks for reading x

Summary: A nice pudding that is high quality and low price.