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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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freefan · 05/11/2017 20:42

Macaroni Cheese should definitely be considered a classic recipe, it's a real comfort food and perfect for a quick healthy meal with vegetables

Cookingongas · 06/11/2017 05:22

A suet pudding- beef and mushrooms in red wine/ ale

Also , a side dish, but one sadly falling out of favour- bread sauce , made properly with good bread and infused milk

sashh · 06/11/2017 05:56

Toad in the hole - best classic food ever.

wallers5 · 06/11/2017 07:05

Grand Marnier Soufflé brought to the table flaming brightly.

southernsun · 06/11/2017 11:16

Slow cooker chilli con carne

helly27 · 06/11/2017 11:25

Steak Diane and chips

BowlingShoes · 06/11/2017 11:30

If we're including baking, a traditional boiled fruit cake like my Grandma used to make.

For main meals, I have never been able to make a decent toad in the hole so I would like a foolproof recipe.

ILookedintheWater · 06/11/2017 11:35

French onion soup. It's simple to cook but done well it is just heavenly. I make a lot of stock, but can always use it up making this soup if the freezer becomes over-full. It's also a great budget meal when you need to feed a gaggle of teens with little notice!

Pmliu · 06/11/2017 12:57

We love lasagne

clairet144 · 06/11/2017 14:22

We love Macaroni cheese - a classic comforting food which can be 'pimped up' or left just as it is! mmmm Delicious!

grannybiker · 06/11/2017 18:36

Veggie soup cooked in the slow-cooker and extra portions frozen for later - makes me feel a real domestic goddess!

chrissy53438 · 06/11/2017 20:25

carbonara is always my favourite

Givemecoffeeplease · 06/11/2017 21:08

Erm, pesto pasta. Clearly it's a classic for the kids, but we've started eating it too. So very lazy. It freezes well. It tastes amazing. It's green so basically a vegetable. And it goes with red AND white wine. Can't help myself...

CheeseEMouse · 06/11/2017 21:37

My beef stew. It's still being refined but i enjoy making and eating it

Radley1 · 07/11/2017 07:12

Has to be beef wellington sheer class

sophiefx · 07/11/2017 17:01

Can't beat a good old cottage pie in our house!

lexy444 · 07/11/2017 17:37

In our house it's a really creamy fish pie.

clopper · 07/11/2017 17:38

Steak and kidney suet pudding is a favourite here.

cocochips · 07/11/2017 20:58

Lasagne

mishknight · 07/11/2017 21:35

My favourite classic recipe is sausage casserole

ClementineWardrobe · 07/11/2017 21:39

Sausage casserole with a can of baked beans in it. Best thing ever.

cheekychicken24 · 07/11/2017 21:39

I think halloumi burgers should become a modern classic. We all eat too much meat - especially red meat, so it's nice to have a couple of veggie nights every week - and nobody misses the meat with this burger!

AethelflaedsWhiteGoose · 07/11/2017 21:51

Moussaka. There’s something about the aubergines and thick white sauce and cheesy topping. I make a lamb mince and vegetarian version. All the family love it.

dannydog1 · 08/11/2017 09:50

Has to be cottage pie.

midi1975 · 08/11/2017 10:29

Our Shepherd's Pie. It has veg. mixed into the mince and melted cheese on top of the potato. Loved by all who've tried it.

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