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I tested strawberries & cream ice cream… delicious £2.50 winner had juicy fruit & ingredient that gives it extra boost

I tested strawberries & cream ice cream… delicious £2.50 winner had juicy fruit & ingredient that gives it extra boost

The Sun2 days ago

IT'S game, set and match for Strawberries and Cream as Wimbledon gets under way once again in SW19.
However the cost of Wimbo's famous treat has risen by 20p this year – the first price increase since 2010.
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Tucking into the classic dessert will now set you back £2.70 a portion, with the venue set to sell 140,000 punnets throughout the two-week tournament.
But if you can't attend courtside, tuck into the flavour at home with a tub of Strawberries and Cream ice cream, which should hit the spot while tuning in to watch the action on the telly.
And luckily there are plenty of affordable options in the supermarket freezer aisles.
Here LAURA STOTT tucks in to tell us which frozen treats aced it and gives them all a score out of five.
Gelatelli Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream, 900ml £1.99, Lidl
YOU get loads of fruity flavour on your spoon with this frozen treat from Lidl, which is packed with the taste of the summer fruit.
With 18.5 per cent strawberry puree, along with a lovely pink ice cream, it fills your mouth with summery berry flavours and there's loads of yummy sauce in each spoonful.
I enjoyed the white choccie flakes, which provide some creamy hits on your tastebuds, but the actual ice cream itself was not particularly rich.
On the plus side, however, it was smooth and enjoyable with a light texture that was softer than some others, so if you prefer your puds on the airier side it will slip down a treat.
Wimbledon's Berry Delight
Very tasty and well priced, a bowl that should keep everybody happy as a summer snack or as a pud.
Rating: 4/5
Strawberry and Cream Ice Cream, 900ml £2.50, Morrisons
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WELL priced for what you get, this is a 'proper' substantial and dense ice cream from the freezer aisle that tastes as though it came straight from the dairy.
Probably the creamiest scoop of the lot, this is a quality freeze with a rich, smooth and velvet quality, which most closely resembles the real thing.
Made with five per cent strawberry puree, it hits the sweet spot, giving you the taste of the fruit, although the amount is lower and not as generous as some others.
Yet the inclusion of double cream gives this tub a decadent depth you won't find in all puds.
While choccie curls on top add interest, this offering is really all about the excellent ice cream itself.
Very nice indeed – and its firmer hold means it would also be great with a drink or two. The only downside was a slightly odd aftertaste.
Rating: 4/5
Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream, 900ml £2.65, Sainsbury's
THIS baby pink-hued frozen pudding was slightly different in appearance to many of the others I tried.
It had more of a soft pink-coloured selection of swirls and topping.
As well as its strawberry swirls and fruity sauce, this dessert also offers meringue pieces for some welcome crunch, which I really enjoyed.
Despite its mellow appearance this tub actually packed some proper flavour, with a lovely rich taste that really was reminiscent of pouring proper cream on top of a punnet of strawbs.
I'll admit that I wasn't expecting a top taste, mostly based on the slightly insipid rose and marshmallow colour palette, but this dessert proved me wrong.
I'd happily spoon into this while watching all the tennis action on telly, and it's a great price for what it delivers, too.
Rating: 5/5
Gianni's Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream Swirl, 900ml £1.95, Aldi
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THIS certainly looks the part and it's a very attractive product.
With bright pink strawberry syrup swirled all over and a mountainous, peaked, whippy-style top, it looks rather like a giant cone that you would get from an ice-cream van.
There are also large white choccie curls on top and the extras make this look like a real treat – it will make you want to tuck in.
This has quite a soft texture for a frozen pudding and I did find that it melted rather quickly, but the flavour was pleasant.
It's sweet, which isn't really surprising considering all the fruity sauce on top, but it's still enjoyable.
Eat from a bowl or straight from the tub as it's too soft for cones.
Great for all the family and very well priced, too.
Rating: 3/5
Strawberry and Cream Ice Cream, 900ml £2.65, Tesco
THIS looked very similar to Aldi's tub and it is the same size but it was almost a pound more expensive which was rather surprising for an own-brand ice cream.
Made with 12 per cent strawberry sauce and two per cent white choccie curls, there's no shortage of syrupy toppings in this tub, so you get a nice mix of textures when you serve it up, and the fruity flavour is decent too.
The cream taste is not quite as noticeable, in part because the strawberry is rather dominant, but if you get a good mix on your spoon it still tastes fairly balanced and slips down nicely enough.
I'm not sure how reminiscent it is of a bowl of the real thing, and it was a bit artificial tasting, but it's an agreeable enough frozen pud, even if it is a bit pricey for what you get.
Rating: 3/5
Strawberries and Cream Ice Cream, 900ml £2.50, Iceland
IT might not be the cheapest tub on the block but Iceland's berries and cream-flavoured chilly pud really delivers the wow factor.
Absolutely swimming in strawberry sauce, you get 14 per cent of the red syrup here – one of the highest concentrations among the tubs I tried.
It's noticeable how much more 'berry juice' there is, meaning everyone will get plenty when you are scooping it out into bowls.
Not only is it really tasty and glossy-looking, the sauce doesn't go gloopy.
An additional four per cent strawberry puree amplifies the taste further and if that wasn't enough there are tons of crunchy meringue pieces, too.
Really delicious, I'll forgive it being on the softer side. It's hard to stop eating it once you dig your spoon in.
Rating: 5/5
Strawberry Sorbet and Cream Ice Cream, 900ml £1.98 Asda
PRETTY in pink, this tub of ice cream almost looks too lovely to spoil by sticking your spoon into it.
The strawberry sorbet flavour accounts for the extra sweetness but it's nicely countered by 12 per cent of strawberry puree, which is generous enough for this dessert to deliver on the taste it promises.
This had quite a light and thin texture which wasn't akin to a traditional ice cream, but was more like a soft whippy cone.
Overall that made this a bit unsatisfactory, as it did melt quickly and the flavours seemed to lack substance.
For strawberry and cream flavours, you would be better off with a portion of the real thing, but this should keep the kids happy as a summery pud.
One to keep in the freezer for hot weather treats in the garden.

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