Tinned cherry tomatoes - worth the extra cost?

[TheArmadillo]

I've got a recipe that asks for tinned cherry tomatoes (Hairy Bikers - easy boston beans), but have seen that they are £1.34 a tin

Are tinned cherry tomatoes actually worth the extortionate enormous difference in cost or do I just sub them with either bog standard tinned toms or fresh cherry tomatoes (which are still considerably cheaper)?

I'd say that if the recipe is about tomatoes then yup, worth it eg. puttanesca. But in something like the beans, where it's all kinds of flavours all cooked down etc, I wouldn't worry about it. Sorry Hairy boys. Boston beans - yuuum.

They are noticeably different. Whether they're 50p noticeably different is your call, but I think they add a particular intensity and sweetness of flavour that ordinary canned toms or the (sometimes disappointing) Dutch hothouse cherry toms don't.

I disagree. I got these for a recipe, noticed no difference and had to pick all the fecking skins out. Just buy Napolitana normal tinned tomatoes.

I don't like them! Too much skin. Have bought them a couple of times - shan't bother again.

Thanks for the responses. I was kinda torn so did shopping online - came to cheaper than usual so thought, screw it, I'll try them.

DEFINITELY worth the extra - completely different flavour.