Posh Prawns (Tesco Filo Prawns)

Member Name: i_am_joy

Product:	Tesco Filo Prawns
Date:	12/06/09 (59 review reads)
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Advantages: Delicious, well put together, quickly cooked from frozen

Disadvantages: They might not be available for much longer

In Tesco last week I noticed they were selling boxes of their frozen Filo Prawns for 20p each, they are apparently discontinuing the product and these were the last few left in my local store. The usual price is £1.50 for ten and I have bought them before at that price so I jumped at their sale price and stocked the freezer up with 15 boxes!

Tonight I fancied a treat, I was having a zero fat salad for tea as my diet is going great guns again so I decided to cook myself a box up to even up the balance on my plate! Each Filo Prawn contains 24 calories and 0.5g of saturated fat, which isn't great but when teamed with lettuce and tomatoes doesn't make for that bad a meal nutritionally.

They cook in 14 minutes at Gas Mark 6, surprisingly the cooking instructions are very accurate on the box - which I mention because Tesco frozen food often, I find, give incorrect cooking instructions.

Once cooked they look very appetising indeed, the tails of the king prawns are poking out of golden filo pastry and they certainly look like they cost much more than 20p! I'm always impressed at how little grease seeps from these prawns, while the baking tray isn't exactly dry after cooking it's certainly not swimming in fat like a recent batch of Filo Prawns I bought from Iceland.

As I mentioned, the tails are still on the prawns. They crisp up beautifully so I eat them but if you don't like the tail they are very easy to pull off without pulling half of the prawn out too!

The prawn itself is fairly succulent, not the plumpest king prawns I've ever eaten but they are large with a delicate yet delicious flavour. They are well cooked and retain their moisture nicely, I think they are absolutely delicious and feel like a real treat.

The filo pastry is lovely too. It has crisped up beautifully in the oven and is just the right thickness for the size prawn. Where the pastry is wrapped at the end it's obviously thicker and slightly moister which is an excellent contrast to both the prawn and the crispier pastry at the other end.

I think these prawns are excellent, even at full price. I have served them at parties, as nibbles when I have vistors and had them with an accompaniment with a meal as I did today. They feel like a very sophisticated treat rather than something bunged in the oven from the freezer.

Summary: Posh nibbles that don't cost the earth.