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Garlic Bread is one of my favourite accompaniments to pasta , pizza, or salad . I've been trying to economise, which mainly means that instead of buying Asda own brand, I'm trying, where I can to step down to the smartprice brand - the cheapest they offer- in order to make my money go further .
This frozen baguette cost me 36p, which, considering Asda do a 2 pack of their own brand for 98p, would save me 26 pence if I purchased two - not a huge saving, but a saving none the less . Its roughly the same size too, although perhaps slightly less plump, and is divided into nine slices (7 real slices, and 2 ends )
The packaging, like most of the Smart Price products, is a plain white with green writing - nothing to write home about, but it does make it easy to find the smart price items amongst all the others .
Cooking this is simple - preheat the oven to 200 degrees, then whack this in for 15-20 minutes . The outside turns a pale golden brown, and the smell of garlic starts to fill the air . After giving it a couple of minutes to cool down, I tore off a chunk. The outside was lovely and crunchy, and the inside moist with butter, and flecked with green chives and garlic - it certainly looks quite nice.
The taste is perhaps a little milder than I would like , but there is still plenty of garlic flavour and rich butteriness . Its certainly not flavourless, but I would perhaps like just a touch more garlic strength to it . With that said, I am a bit of a garlic lover, and have made the exact same gripe about many premium branded garlic breads!
Overall, I feel that at 36p for a loaf you can stick in your freezer and pull out and cook quickly whenever you want to, this is pretty good value, and I will be sticking with the smart price garlic breads. I save a few pence each time, and I still get something yummy!
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