What: Posh baked beans
Where from: Harvey Nichols, £3.95 (harveynichols.com)
Taste assessment: I’ve been trying to pitch gourmet baked beans to my editor for weeks — “It’s a trend, I promise, imagine them on a piece of focaccia!” — so imagine my excitement when a can appeared on my desk.
Harvey Nicks promised a posh take on the ideal five-minute meal: borlotti (baked beans are usually haricot) in a tomato and herb sauce with a hint of chilli. Although they were certainly hearty and filling, the sauce was far too oily, and more sludgey than spicy.
I’d be up for giving them another go, though sadly suspect that baked beans are one of those things best left as God, or at least Mr Heinz, intended.
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