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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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IDismyname · 27/11/2017 07:02

Lambs liver, with crispy bacon and a pile of buttery mash...
Ohhhhhh.... yum Grin

MooseyMoo · 27/11/2017 06:49

Stroganoff is one of my favourite classic dishes and Sticky Toffee Pudding

Flickabella36 · 26/11/2017 19:26

I think a cottage pie is my favourite classic recipie

pgwynne · 26/11/2017 18:55

Chilli con carne
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Cottage pie
These are my favourite go to classic recipes which is much loved by me and my family

user1496053440 · 26/11/2017 10:11

A favourite classic recipe for me is Shepherd's pie

Ferryfairy · 25/11/2017 18:05

Mince n tatties

mynellie · 25/11/2017 13:23

my favourite classic recipe is corned beef and potato pie simple and easy to make and very filling

ShangriLaLaLa · 24/11/2017 21:04

Keith Floyd’s recipe for boeuf bourguignon is stunning. Marinaded overnight, it is luxurious and hearty at the same time. Perfect for entertaining and family lunches with family - any excuse really!

OCSockOrphanage · 24/11/2017 20:58

It's definitely not the Jerusalem Artichoke Chicken bake I made this evening. Never again. Recipe book has been marked to prevent the possibility.

furryous · 22/11/2017 18:29

chicken and bacon pasta bake - ultimate comfort food

weathermum · 22/11/2017 12:32

Prawn Cocktail ...Steak Diane...Crème brûlée

angela121262 · 21/11/2017 23:47

Shepherd’s pie

SuzCG · 21/11/2017 10:31

I think all my family would say the best classic I do is my cottage pie. I add paprika, worcester sauce, tomato puree & thyme to give it lots of flavour and finish it off with grated cheese melted & toasted on the top. Doesn't need anything much - just serve it with fresh veg and buttered crusty bread to mop up all the gravy...yum!

oliveoyl72 · 20/11/2017 22:35

My number one go to recipe is a bolognaise, so tasty (not the stuff out of a jar - yuck!)

I often make a big batch and freeze in portions to have with spaghetti, jacket spud, nachos, or put in a lasagne, or on a pizza - so versatile.

And tiramisu is my fave, it's just beautiful - chocolate, coffee, cream, little bit of alcohol - what's not to love.

silversand12 · 19/11/2017 14:40

My all time favourite classics are toad in the hole, shepherd's pie and apple & rhubarb crumble :)

SSCRASE123 · 19/11/2017 09:10

Spag Bowl. Can be awful if cooked badly but a good one (with chillies) is one of my favourite meals.

IssyM · 18/11/2017 12:06

Risotto - salmon, asparagus, peas and parmesan.

Pigeonpea · 17/11/2017 13:32

Thai Yellow Curry
Beef Gulasch
Cottage Pie

peanutmum111 · 17/11/2017 04:17

What a list, we have so many dishes, ..................

All the roast dinners and trimmings,
pies ......... meat ? apple pie
fish pie, cottage pie
regional dishes .........scouse, Irish stew, Lancashire hotpot

baked apples, crumbles

flapjacks, parkin, gingerbread,
Sponge cake / small cakes / Eves pudding / Pineapple upside down /
lemon drizzle cake/ choice of icings / fillings

the use of a basic recipe with traditional and also exciting ways to change them

will have to stop now otherwise .... the recipe book

katiebasey · 16/11/2017 21:45

My grandma's Cut and Come Again cake
A spicy fruit loaf, with sultanas and currants and mixed spice, when we were little we used to love to lick the bowl.

Smellophant87 · 16/11/2017 13:14

My favourite classic recipe is a Bolognese sauce, it is so easy to make but so tasty and you can use it in lots of different recipes - pastichio, chilli con carne, lasagna, jacket potatoes, pizza, nachos...

burwellmum · 16/11/2017 10:07

Not very original but my grandmother's chocolate cake still takes some beating - light and moist. I've never bought one like it.

Belo · 15/11/2017 20:51

Jamie Oliver’s green chicken curry. Easy to make, but the huge amount of fresh herbs always ensures that’s it’s full of flavour. Equally good using prawns or fish or crispy tofu.

BL0SS0M · 15/11/2017 20:09

Rhubarb crumble and custard

Enigma222 · 15/11/2017 20:03

Fish Pie and a creamy sauce 🐟

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