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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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blue25 · 28/11/2017 19:28

Coq au Vin is a favourite in our house

piggypoo · 28/11/2017 19:18

Lasagne
Spaghetti Bolognese
Shepherd's Pie.
They are my favourite recipes, and always go down well!

alison991 · 28/11/2017 18:52

A classic beef stew and dumplngs

Liquorice13 · 28/11/2017 18:49

Lancashire Hotpot

hann24 · 28/11/2017 18:15

Not sure if it counts as classic, but I love making spaghetti carbonara - it's quick and easy to make and super tasty too!

francislee1976 · 28/11/2017 16:48

I love making spaghetti bolognaise

lexy2009 · 28/11/2017 12:38

Classic has to be sticky toffee pudding

cluckyhen · 28/11/2017 11:02

Beef stew, shepherds pie and home made rice pud!

Loftzilla · 28/11/2017 10:59

I'll go for puddings, one of my favourite's is crème caramel, I prefer this to crème brulee. The best pudding I have ever had in a restaurant, much to my surprise because I'm not usually an ice cream person, was baked Alaska! Pavlova is up there too, very versatile, and chocolate roulade would all be in my all time classics!

tabbaz123 · 28/11/2017 10:40

OK - If we are talking old classic then Mrs Beeton has to get a mention here and her Bread Pudding is Legendary - We love it

laurapotz · 28/11/2017 10:26

My not very authentic paella is a classic in my house. My husband requests it every couple of weeks. My daughter's favourite is meatballs and pasta.

cathyov · 28/11/2017 09:55

Cottage pie is a firm favourite in our household and as I follow my mum's recipe and she is a classic, I think it counts as a classic recipe!

cathyov · 28/11/2017 09:55

Cottage pie is a firm favourite in our household and as I follow my mum's recipe and she is a classic, I think it counts as a classic recipe!

Clairemike21 · 27/11/2017 21:31

Toad in the hole

lastkisstoo · 27/11/2017 20:43

My friend's late mum's Sunshine Soup. It is a clear broth with thin sticks of lots of colourful veg, flavoured with cumin. Delicious.

We still make it now and think of her :)

JayJay1874 · 27/11/2017 19:09

I love fondant potatoes. I find it humorous how most on masterchef fail to cook them correctly. I guess they are under time restraints which makes it hard to make them but maybe they shouldn't try them if they can't be done in the time. I make them all the time and they are great.

asuwere · 27/11/2017 18:41

Macaroni cheese

MillyVanilli222 · 27/11/2017 18:40

I love a classic Shepherd's Pie!

GeekyWombat · 27/11/2017 18:39

French Onion Soup (I have a recipe from Raymond Blanc that has toasted cheesy bread on the top that I love)

Sausage toad with onion gravy.

My mouth is actually watering now!

KnottedAnchorChief · 27/11/2017 18:38

Lamb curry, in the slow cooker. Quick bit of prep, bung in slow cooker and then ignore it for half a day, finished with basmati rice and a naan. MMMMmmm!

DaisyDando · 27/11/2017 18:02

Vegetable lasagne. My granny didn't make it, but my mum used to when we were kids. And she's 70 now. So there we go!

mumpetuk1 · 27/11/2017 17:58

Crab Linguine, easy and classic

libra101 · 27/11/2017 15:43

Our favourite recipes during this time of the year are -
Shepherds' Pie, with lots of grated cheese in the mashed potato topping.
Corned Beef Hash - easy to make and satisfying.
Braised Steak, onions, and mushrooms. Add a dash of beer to the gravy.

Old traditional dishes go down best with our family.

jen1984j · 27/11/2017 15:21

Fish pie

Leanfun · 27/11/2017 09:44

Shepherd's pie

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