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Tell us your favourite classic recipes - to win Marcus Wareing's new book plus a £100 restaurant voucher

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SorchaMumsnet · 01/11/2017 12:27

Following on from his Sunday Times bestseller Marcus at Home, Marcus Wareing is back - with a must-have new classic for your kitchen shelves.

Over the years, Marcus has developed and refined recipe after recipe. Whether it’s a quick meal after a hectic day, a recipe to bring your family together or a feast to impress your friends, Marcus brings excellence to every dish that he makes.

In New Classics, Marcus takes the best of time-honoured recipes and puts his own spin on them. What’s more, he creates new recipes that will become much-loved classics in their own right. Here is a book to pore over, to bring inspiration and excitement back into your cooking, and to use again and again.

Marcus’ new book features his own take on classic dishes, as well as dishes he thinks deserve to be classics of the future. For a chance to win a copy plus a £100 restaurant voucher, we want to know: what are your all-time favourite classic recipes - or the ones that you think deserve to be classics?

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Tell us your favourite classic recipes - to win Marcus Wareing's new book plus a £100 restaurant voucher
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SorchaMumsnet · 01/12/2017 11:04

Thanks for all your classic recipe picks ). Personally, I love a good roast and a crumble (easily pleased).

Now, on to the main event - the winner of New Classics cookbook and voucher is... @ShangriLaLaLa! Congratulations - do look out for an email Xmas Smile

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tishist · 30/11/2017 00:59

I think cauliflower cheese deserves respect as a classic dish

GeorgeW78 · 29/11/2017 23:51

Vegetable Tian, Massaman curry, quesadillas and fajitas.

sydroo · 29/11/2017 22:10

I love slow cooked beef brisket with a red wine and juniper berry sauce.

Emmamaryd · 29/11/2017 20:20

I love lasagne, it's my all time favourite

glmcall123 · 29/11/2017 19:59

Shepherds' Pie or toad in the hole.

Roobeedoo1 · 29/11/2017 14:36

Toad In the Hole

rachelbonness · 29/11/2017 13:34

Mine would be Chilli con carne. It is so versatile and quick to make. Can have it with wedges or rice!

Dessallara · 29/11/2017 12:38

Good old apple pie :)

CMOTDibbler · 29/11/2017 09:55

Of classic recipes, it has to be creme brulee for me. I've had it butchered in so many ways around the world, and like all simple recipes (in terms of numbers of ingredients and flavours) its so easy to make it meh without care. But when done well, its just a beautiful contrast of mouth feel and flavours

lottiegirl · 29/11/2017 09:50

love the classic roast dinner , my favourite is lamb with lashings of home made mint sauce , off to check out the recipe book now.

Oogle · 29/11/2017 06:42

Coq au vin is my absolute favourite classic dish

snare · 29/11/2017 06:37

lasagne :)

tubbyj · 29/11/2017 00:22

shepherd pis

funkyfreks · 29/11/2017 00:03

Shepherd's Pie

Thesqueezermustghost · 28/11/2017 22:39

Cauliflower cheese
Coq au vin
Macaroni cheese
Minestrone soup
Sunday roast

sarahw2 · 28/11/2017 22:31

Mince & dumplings!

bc1616 · 28/11/2017 22:20

Roast chicken with garlic is a classic

maria08k · 28/11/2017 21:16

Oh lordy....where do i start?!!

  1. Butternut Squash and Red Pepper soup - easy to make, hearty, filling and flavoursome!

  2. Veggie Lasagna - packed full of colour and nutrients. Can be batch made and frozen for later.

LoveYouTimMinchin · 28/11/2017 21:09

My favourite classic recipe is one that you don't see often any more - Irish Stew.

I love lamb, I love cheap cuts and I love slow one pot cooking and Irish Stew covers all of those. And it involves pearl barley, a mysterious ingredient which reminds me of my Nana Smile.

Half a deep plate/bowl full of piping hot Irish Stew with lots of white pepper on the potatoes, and the other half of the plate filled with bright green steamed Savoy cabbage plus a knob of butter. Couldn't wish for a better dinner in the winter.

gfd1963 · 28/11/2017 20:57

Beef Stroganoff

ptak5566 · 28/11/2017 20:36

Can't beat a great toad in the hole!

FawnDrench · 28/11/2017 20:13

Coq au vin.
Absolutely delicious, filling, impressive (if preferred) and the recipe can be versatile if necessary.

pinkspideruk · 28/11/2017 19:53

spag bol is a classic in our house - we batch cook it from scratch and freeze it up in portions - as my niece is veggie we make it with quorn and its still delicious

Eminybob · 28/11/2017 19:37

I have cooked a lot of the recipes from Delia’s complete cookery course.
Really classic, simple staples like lasagne, cottage pie, fish pie and breads.
I truly did learn to cook from that book.

My modern favourite recipe for a special occasion is Gordon Ramsay’s sea trout with crushed new potatoes, baby leeks and tomato butter sauce.
And a midweek staple is Ainsley Harriott’s curry in a hurry (in the oven cooking as we speak)