Anyone For A Roll? (Tesco Jam Roly Poly)

Member Name: Emmald

Product:	Tesco Jam Roly Poly
Date:	05/02/09 (173 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A delicious winter pudding

Disadvantages: High in calories and fats

Many Old Fashioned puddings are making a come back and many restaurant menu`s have one or two of them on offer for dessert.
I always think of them as Winter puddings, usually they are served hot with custard and are comforting, warming puddings.
I can remember making Jam Roly Poly pudding when our children were small, the pudding itself is fairly easy to put together but it is far simpler if you can hop to the supermarket and buy one that is already made.



Tesco have done the business here, a jam roly poly that serves four people comfortably for £1.39, a brilliant deal!
Tesco have dressed this Roly Poly pudding in a very chic rectangular cardboard box. Following this seasons catwalk colour the box is in an elegant shade of deep red. Tesco have added their name to the box and the nutritional values are marked on the front.
When you make your way into the cardboard box (don`t forget to recycle it afterwards) you find out that the roly poly pudding is laying in state in an inner sanctum.


The frozen jam roly poly is one of the most ugliest of creatures that I have ever had the misfortune to clap eyes on, it resembles a giant uncooked Swiss roll with a hint of a suntan. Take it out of the container, place it onto a baking tray and cover the top of the pudding with a piece of tin foil to protect the crust from burning.
Place it into the preheated oven (180C Gas mark 4) for about thirty five minutes. As the Roly Poly cooks you start to pick up a `jam tarty` smell.

When you take it out of the oven the top of the pudding should still be reasonably soft due to the foil protection.
Whatever you do take care! the jam inside of the suet pastry will be boiling hot and if it springs a leak it may well burn you.
As you cut into the Roly Poly the suet pastry feels firm under the knife and the pudding has undergone a transformation. In its uncooked state it was an ugly bug and as it sits on the plate waiting to be served it has gained my admiration. I would only ever serve the pud with custard, just a personal thing.
They have used vegetable suet, so the pudding is fine for vegetarians.
Tesco have described the filling as a mixed fruit jam but it seems to be more of a thick fruit syrup than a jam.
The pudding tastes gorgeous, a very stodgy pud with a firm texture which is only lightened by the sweet jam. The suet pastry isn't sweet at all.
Take into account that any stodgy pudding is very filling and this is why the Roly Poly can easily be cut into four portions.



It is possible to microwave the pudding from frozen but on the one occasion that I microwaved it I left it in for a fraction too long and the pastry developed a hard chewy crust and the jam was like toffee!
Hence I use the oven now.
A serving of the pudding contains an enormous 375 calories and that is without the custard! It is high in fats and sugar too.



Apart from saying that it is a great pudding for a cold day and fully lives up to expectations I think I have just about said it all!

Summary: A lovley jammy pudding, serve it with custard for the full effect