Gu desserts- why so expensive?

Nada666

notanewuser wrote: »

250 grams dark chocolate
75 grams muscovado sugar
75 grams butter (melted)
40 grams plain flour
5 eggs

Hence the price. £6 of ingredients so £2 for two. Of course, they aren't paying retail prices = but £4 standard price with £2 of ingredients is pretty tight.

VfM4meplse

iammumtoone wrote: »

I never keep the glass, next time I will so I can re-use for the recipes on here. anymore recipes for filling them with?

No, but they are great for portion control! Eg ice-cream, rice pudding etc.

notanewuser

Nada666 wrote: »

Hence the price. £6 of ingredients so £2 for two. Of course, they aren't paying retail prices = but £4 standard price with £2 of ingredients is pretty tight.

Mine are bigger than the Gu ones.

Owain_Moneysaver

Glass ramekins or sundae dishes aren't exactly expensive.

Perhaps some people like to pretend they're serving Gu puds instead of homemade.

rach_k

I've been using the glass ramekins for years too.

A cheaper version of chocolate pudding makes 5 of them and works out at about 37p per ramekin excluding cooking costs, last time I checked prices anyway. I use Tesco value everything except the eggs and the sugar and it tastes the same to me as when I tried it with more expensive ingredients.

125g dark chocolate
125g unsalted butter
3 large eggs
150g caster sugar
35g plain flour

Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.

Whisk the eggs then add the sugar and flour.

Gradually and gently add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture. Rest it for 30 mins. Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees C. Butter 5 ramekins and dust with flour.

Put mixture in ramekins on a baking sheet. Bake for 10-20 mins until the edges are set and the tops are cracking a little. The centre should still wobble.

chesky

I put night lights in the glass ramekins - a whole line of them on a shelf, looks really pretty ( yes, I've eaten too many).

Greenqueen_2

If anyone is interested A twin pack of Gu lemon cheesecakes is £1.99 at Aldi from Thursday