Duc De Coeur (the Duke's Heart) is Lidl's brand name, registered in 2013, for French style products. A frozen fish bake is an everyday French product, similar to the British boil in the bag fish. It's something you'd buy for a midweek meal, not something you'd have for special occasions, nor would you offer it to guests if you wanted to impress. It's a low cost everyday family dish. Soft, easy to eat and comforting. It uses the milder/blander tasting pollock rather than cod, and costs £1.99 for 380g, which compares with top brand Youngs Mediterranean Tomato Fish Bakes of £2 (Tesco clubcard price / Asda regular price) for 340g, which also uses pollock. So, not a lot in it (though you get clubcard points at Tesco).
It's a comforting, easy eating dish. Nothing outstanding, but that was to be expected. It tastes pretty much as similar products we've had in France served by Chrissie's mother. The sauce is mildly sweet tomato with some herbs. Quite pleasant. We split it between the three of us, though our 11 year old daughter left hers.
It's an OK dish, but lacks oomph. I prefer the British cod in butter sauce products. They are cheaper to buy (£2.20 for 552g) and cook (5 minutes in the microwave rather than 35 in the oven), and I find them much more flavoursome. Though inoffensive and gently likable, I can't see us buying them again too often.
Date: Sept 2020 Score: 5
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