Asda Lemon Tart dessert, it 'Asda' be good!" (Asda Lemon Tart Dessert)

Member Name: brittle1906

Product:	Asda Lemon Tart Dessert
Date:	06/07/09 (94 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very reasonably priced.

Disadvantages: Calorie, fat and sugar content

Review of Asda Lemon Tart dessert

Asda Lemon Tart is a refreshing dessert at a refreshingly low price. We bought one to have as a quick Sunday pud after a roast meal, I'd never tried it before and was so pleased with it that I will buy another next time I'm in Asda to keep in the freezer.

==The Product==

Part of the Asda frozen dessert range, the strap line on the box reads:-
"Crisp Shortcrust pastry with a creamy tangy lemon filling, finished with a sweet dusting"

I couldn't describe it any better, it really is a tangy, lemony delight! The dessert is presented in a yellow coloured, recyclable cardboard box bearing a photograph of the tart on the front. The picture is exactly as the dessert looks in the flesh, so to speak, a thin pastry base with a lemon filling lightly sprinkled with icing sugar. The front of the box also has a green circle informing consumers that the tart contains no artificial colours, preservatives, flavourings or hydrogenated fats and a green 'V' to denote that the product is suitable for vegetarians.

The packaging carried the nutritional information and ingredients on the reverse along with the Asda contact details and the 'Try Me, Love Me' money back guarantee.

The total weight of the lemon tart is 350g, we shared it between three adults and one 9 year old child, each eating a quarter of the tart, this gave everyone a very generous helping of dessert, for less greedy people, Asda describe the tart as containing 6 servings!



==Storage and Serving Information, Taste and Texture==

The dessert should be stored in the freezer and will keep in the frozen state for up to 3 months. If refrigerated, it will keep for 24 hours.

To prepare the dessert remove the packaging and place on a serving dish to defrost at room temperature for approximately 2-21/2 hours. I hadn't realised that the actual dessert sat on a cardboard disc, so did not remove this which made cutting the dessert a bit of a trial when the time came....never mind, I'll know next time!

The tart has a lovely lemon smell, really mouthwatering and fresh. The tart is circular in shape and looks firm, it kept it's shape very well after defrosting, probably because of the cardboard disc still being in situ! It is a delicate yellow in colour as you might expect from a lemon dessert.

At first bite, the tangy lemon is the over riding taste, as it melts in the mouth the lemon is sharp without being sour and leaves your palate feeling refreshed. The pastry is crisp and slightly sweet, as for the icing sugar dusting, taste-wise, this really is not necessary in my opinion, I feel it is really only there to stop the tart looking too bland. It adds nothing to the flavour of the dessert! There did not seem to be any after-taste with this dessert, the taste was so predominately lemony, that this overtook the other flavours. The dessert was a very pleasing blend of textures with the creamy filling and the crisp pastry base, the filling reminded me of a rich lemon mousse in texture.

==Ingredients and Nutritional Information==

OK, it's a pudding, it isn't going to be low calorie or particularly healthy is it?

I won't bore readers with the full ingredient list or entire nutrition breakdown, just a brief over view.
Per 1/6th of the tart the calorie content is 330, fat 14.9g, protein 4.1g, carbohydrate 44.9g, sodium 0.06g.
The main ingredients are 34% cream, Sugar, Flour, 5% Lemon juice, egg, vegetable oil and so on.
The lemon tart contains gluten, milk, wheat and egg, so persons sensitive to these ingredients should beware. The recipe does not contain nuts, however Asda warn that the tart could contain traces or nuts or seeds.

The product is produced for Asda in Germany.


==Cost and Asda Company details==

I really don't know how Asda can make this dessert for the humble price of £1! It represents true value for money in my view. The tart would as I have said served 4 people and at 25p per portion I think this is a real bargain and Asda are to be commended for producing an excellent quality dessert as such a good price!

Asda is a well known supermarket which is part of the American Wal-Mart group, they have stores the length and breadth of the UK. As stated earlier n this review, Asda in line with many other supermarkets nowadays, offer a money back guarantee on their products, known as 'Try Me, Love Me'.

Asda can be contacted by phone on 0845 300 1111
by post at
Asda Stores Ltd
Leeds
LS11 5AD
or online at
www.asda.com


==Thoughts and Conclusion==

This is a delicious dessert, of course it is fat, calorie and sugar laden, as are many desserts, but as an occasional treat this is a lovely refreshing tart. Next time you are in an Asda store, why not take a wander down the frozen dessert aisle and pick up one of these, it's a pound well spent!!

Thank you for reading.

©brittle1906 July 2009

NB Also posted on ciao.co.uk under same user name.

Summary: A delicious dessert at a great price.