Carte D'Or Spagnola

...Ice cream in general, and CARTE D'OR in particular. And if we're going to get pernicketty, CARTE D'OR SPAGNOLA in detail.
(Is it just me, or does Spagnola sound more like some sort of pasta dish than a dessert?)



Let's pop open the tub and dive right in.

The ice cream itself is a pale yellow, vanilla coloured affair with the purply, dark cherry sauce rippling throughout. There's not an awful ...
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Carte D'or Ice Cream is available in a wide variety of flavours - far to many to list here. It's not my favourite brand, but it's not bottom of the pile either. Interestingly, it's part of the giant Unilever corporation who are responsible for many famous brands from Birds Eye to Surf, and even Ben & Jerry's Ice cream (well, I thought it was interesting...ish).

A 500g tubs retails for around £2.89 and can be found ... more

Today I'm reviewing something that I get through quite a lot of when the weather's warm, as it has been this last wee while. And guess what? It's not beer (although I've been known to work my way through a fair bit of that). I'm talking ice cream.
Ice cream in general, and CARTE D'OR in particular. And if we're going to get pernicketty, CARTE D'OR SPAGNOLA in detail.
(Is it just me, or does Spagnola sound more like some sort of pasta dish than a dessert?)

Let's pop open the tub and dive right in.

The ice cream itself is a pale yellow, vanilla coloured affair with the purply, dark cherry sauce rippling throughout. There's not an awful lot of said sauce and in fact, it looks suspiciously like a plain vanilla ice cream that has had some token flavouring added as an afterthought.
Hmm, smells OK. Again, vanilla is the dominant aroma, but there is a bit of fruit kicking around in the back.

A quick lick of the spoon, and my suspicions are allayed. Perhaps it looks and smells mainly of plain old vanilla (actually, there's nothing wrong with that - vanilla's an excellent flavour. It's just that...well, y'know - I'm just being picky), but it definitely tastes of cherries...big time. Actually, I really can't think of much more to say about the flavour, it's hardly complex. It's a creamy, smooth vanilla flavour which is enriched by the dark fruit of cherries - perhaps a hint of nuts in there (or am I trying too hard?).
Nope, pretty basic stuff...but nice with it.

There are around a dozen black cherries adorning the top of the ice cream, but I thought these were rather artificial tasting, and actually quite nasty. I ate a couple and binned the rest - not very nice at all.

The ice cream has a really smooth texture and has good stickability, it's almost impossible to get it off the spoon...but a little perseverance pays dividends (as does having a tongue like a cow).

So, is it any good?

Yes, it's quite nice. It's not too fruity - it's not too sweet. It's not too rich - it's not too bland. In short, it's a pretty decent ice cream that I think would be hard put to offend anyone. Unless you don't like cherries, of course. But then, why would you buy it if that was the case?
Not exactly the most luxurious, or interesting ice cream in the world, but pleasant enough.

Carte D'or Ice Cream is available in a wide variety of flavours - far to many to list here. It's not my favourite brand, but it's not bottom of the pile either. Interestingly, it's part of the giant Unilever corporation who are responsible for many famous brands from Birds Eye to Surf, and even Ben & Jerry's Ice cream (well, I thought it was interesting...ish).

A 500g tubs retails for around £2.89 and can be found in most supermarkets, although prices and availability will vary.

Thanks for reading

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