Accetturese

I found a good recipe on YouTube for making Gregg's style cheese and onion pasties: A good way to use up some of the mature cheddar that I stocked up with from Lidl!

SY108

Does anyone know where to buy Baked Beans in Genova or Milan?
We cannot find the Lidl ones in any store in Piemonte region, we haven't travelled to the UK for a long time and no plans for a few years, so stocking up there is not possible.
Welcome any suggestions. My daughter misses them so much she cannot stop talking about them.. I need help to satisfy her cravings.
Thanks

GeorgeYoung

I can't give precise information for Genoa or Milan but in my experience you can sometimes find beans in Asian grocery shops. When I lived in Trento, there were a couple of stores, one run by a Chinese family, the other by an Indian one, and both stocked baked beans.

Geordieborn

I would make your own, cannelloni or haricot beans. Heat a little olive oil add herbs, spice of choice add a bit passata stirring all the time util you have the amount you prefer for your beans, then add the beans to the source and let them heat up. However If at all like our two were, then try the British Corner Shop (or Amazon), bit more expensive, but if needs must….

Margaret M

Waitrose Essentials baked beans from British Corner Shop are quite good, and not so pricy as the other brands.

brian12

Coop round our way sell Heinz but they are expensive.

philat98

They sell them on Amazon Italy. I agree with Geordieborn that homemade are a lot better.

SY108

Thank you George,, I will try some of these locations when I am next in Milan..

SY108

Home made does sound like a good plan,, I will experiment to see if they turn out edible and meet the expectations of my daughter. If not then tinned ones will be needed.. Thanks for all the suggestions...

Lorna at Vicenza

Asia/Africa little shops usually have them. The one in my town sells them at €1.50 a can. It also sells Exeter corned beef and loose leaf PG Tips (both expensive) and no Salad Cream.
There is also a supermarket called Famila - the larger one changed its name to Emisfero - and they sell Heinz beans at €2.35 a can. They are not in the tinned foods section but in the teeny weeny foreign foods section where they sell El Paso tacos and tortillas and Chinese noodles. Found some Lea Perrins Worcestershire Sauce there once. That wasn't cheap either.

SY108

Thank you for this extra info.. A Friend managed to find me some Lea & Perrins Worcester sauce. I will find out where and post it here as supermarket prices of these are extortionate...

Geordieborn

The only thing we really struggled to do without was marmite, hence we know about the British Corner Shop, just had a look and "Heinz Baked Beans 4 Pack" is £3.99 (£3.87 3+). No doubt delivery is still expensive, we bought x10 500g marmite jars (we all do like it) and ended up with free delivery at the time.... Beans will keep a long time!

Lugsbug

We found cider!!! Been here two years now and had never seen it in the supermarkets but went to Bennet this week and they had Thatcher's Gold at e2.50 a bottle. OH made a snakebite and I had black velvet - yummy

brian12

LOL,I was gonna say try some L&P in the baked bean experiment.Trial and error.

SY108

I will probably be on trial after my error in making them !!