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A gift of Stollen, very disappointing!

(66 Posts)
nanna8 Tue 21-Dec-21 13:00:02

I love those bites . We both love them so much they kind of disappear very quickly !

Blossoming Tue 21-Dec-21 12:50:42

Lidl have delicious Stollen bites, this thread has just reminded me to ask Mr. B to get some tomorrow.

silverlining48 Tue 21-Dec-21 11:54:20

That barm brack sounds lovely Witzend,

silverlining48 Tue 21-Dec-21 11:53:44

I always get a ( couple of) stollen from Aldi, they do the regular £2 and luxury £4 option. I usually buy regular and yes it is not a fruit cake as we have so maybe a bit dryer, we all love it.
Perhaps if you like custard put that on, or ice cream , jam or some sort of choc sauce. Butter it perhaps. I am sure it woukd make a lovely bread and butter pudding. Jamie Oliver used a panettone last night and it looked delicious.
We had one sent from Berlin a few years ago, Dresden stollen are supposed to be the best and it was a little drier than dear old Aldi. Presumably being German Lidl will do it too. It us the traditional German Christmas cake and we have it every year.

Witzend Tue 21-Dec-21 10:21:01

glammanana

I wait with anticipation every year to buy a Stollen they are delicious with butter,I also love the Italian Pantone also from Aldi, continental taste buds are so different to our's.

I’ll tell you what else is delicious with butter - the barm brack I made yesterday! Lovely and moist and fruity.
No fat and only one egg, but fruit and sugar soaked overnight in tea - supposed to be cold, but it was made specially, and hot.

merlotgran Tue 21-Dec-21 10:17:37

I have to make my own gluten free one every year as I’ve tried and failed many times to buy one.

It’s delicious - even if I say so myself. ?

Whitewavemark2 Tue 21-Dec-21 10:04:00

Bought one from Betty’s this year.

It arrived. Tiny and frankly I could and have done better myself.

NannyJan53 Tue 21-Dec-21 09:49:18

I would use it to make a bread and butter pudding or a trifle!

glammanana Tue 21-Dec-21 09:42:23

I wait with anticipation every year to buy a Stollen they are delicious with butter,I also love the Italian Pantone also from Aldi, continental taste buds are so different to our's.

MayBeMaw Tue 21-Dec-21 09:37:16

I love Stollen and I often find the cheaper the better. My German grandparents would always include one in their Christmas parcel from Berlin because such things of course did not exist in our wee town in the 50’s.
I remember many many years ago D who was barely reading expressing her horror that according to the box I had apparently Stolen it from Sainsbugs.
I actually have a friend coming round in an hour for coffee, Stollen bites and mini mince pies tchgrin .

Galaxy Tue 21-Dec-21 09:34:46

Stollen are lovely, we have one every xmas. They are better with butter.

Boz Tue 21-Dec-21 09:33:29

They make good bread-and-butter pudding. I have been given one with chocolate running through.
I find a lot of continental pastries dry. Perhaps we do not eat them the same way.

nandad Tue 21-Dec-21 09:33:05

Try it toasted.

Redhead56 Tue 21-Dec-21 09:26:57

Aldi do nice stollen they are moist and rich you can buy the small bites they are nice too.

Tizliz Tue 21-Dec-21 09:26:27

I understand that you need to pour melted butter over the top then icing sugar. We have just received one from a German cousin but not tried it yet.

Witzend Tue 21-Dec-21 09:23:03

Given to dh by a German neighbour after he’d helped her with something.
It was made locally by a German small business - we live not far from the German school so there are presumably plenty of local buyers.
It’s well within date, but incredibly dry.
I can honestly see most of it ending up on the bird table.
I’d never tried it before but had imagined something reasonably moist, spicy and very Christmassy, certainly not dry as dust, like this.
Did we just get a duff one?