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Nutmeg and Custard [Hardcover]

Marcus Wareing (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 25 Sep 2009

Nutmeg & Custard is Marcus Wareing's definitive guide to the kind of cooking you will want to share time and time again with family and friends.

With over 150 stunning recipes from home and abroad divided into themed chapters - from the Grill Room, the Orient and the Spice Route to Puds, Popcorn and the Ice-Cream Parlour - there is something here for everyone who loves great food.

From the beautifully simple pesto popcorn and the wonderfully comforting home-made crumpets with burnt honey butter to venison loin with spiced braised pears and chestnut, and monkfish with chorizo crust and spiced beans - ideal for the aspiring home cook - Nutmeg & Custard is the ultimate cookbook for the way we live today.

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press (25 Sep 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0593062116
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593062111
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 25.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 228,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Marcus Wareing's recipes couldn't be further from Fat Duck fiddliness... this book is all about comfort food. There's little banter, just lots of favourites, such as sausage rolls, curries, roasts and page after page of sweet treats. Nutmeg and Custard is a welcome addition to the domestic-kitchen bookshelf.' --Independent on Sunday

'a book filled with what's important to people who love cooking - good ideas, things to learn and ways to make everyday dishes come alive' --Delicious magazine

'packed with ideas that reinvent the classics: crumpets, sweetcorn fritters, rack of lamb, fillet of salmon and upmarket beef burgers' --The Sunday Telegraph

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Enjoy great food at home with Britain's finest chef
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and poorly tested recipes 29 Aug 2010
By B. C. Thiele
Format:Hardcover
I agree with a number of the other reviewers here - I found there to be few recipes that I wanted to cook. Those that I did find appeared not to have been tested properly before publishing.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing 3 May 2010
By Ms. L. Corner
Format:Hardcover
Some great looking and sounding dishes in this book, however recipes are not that well written. Tried several things and none were great, 2 were a complete and utter disaster. Recipes timing are far too short (20 minutes to cook beans from scratch? More like 60... and that is only one example) and in places the ingredient list is not specific (chorizo to coat monkfish - cured or cooking chorizo? Doesn't work with cured but no mention of that). Also tried to make cheese and herb muffins - absolutley disgusting!

If you can use it for ideas, well go for it, it's certainly an interesting book, but I won't be using it again after some very expensive monkfish tails went in the bin.....
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars did marcus try these recipes before publishing? 22 Nov 2010
By J. Whitmore
Format:Hardcover
incredibly bad recipe book. the photographs look good but the results are bland and uninspiring. certainly won't be buying any more of his books
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Looks good but some of the recipes are a bit flawed 19 Oct 2010
By A. J. Duckett
Format:Hardcover
I got this book for christmas last year and was thrilled with some of the ideas presented. There are lots of vegitarian options in there which I thought were great as it's an option that's often overlooked in a lot of cook-books. However, once I'd tried some of them out I found the instructions were slightly flawed and unclear in parts and several of the dishes I made didn't come out anywhere near as planned.

In all, it's a well-presented book and if you already have a good knowledge of professional level cooking then you can work around the recipes and achieve great results but it's deceptively advanced in places.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars 3/4 good. 1/4 disappointed 2 May 2010
By S. Darwell-taylor
Format:Hardcover
I was looking forward to this book big time - and while it's a solid, practical choice for the home chef. The last quarter of the book is a huge disappointment, I kid you not when I say it's full of popcorn and ice cream recipes. Cheap and lazy filler, that leave a sour taste in the mouth (forgive the pun, I just couldn't resist)
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Nutmeg and Custard Inspiration! 5 Dec 2009
By Marie B.
Format:Hardcover
This book is my introduction to Marcus Wareing. I am hooked, completely inspired by this book. I am a Bill Granger and Donna Hay fan as I love flavour but simple meals. I was quite bored recently as all my cook books didn't seem to inspire or challenge me anymore. As a home cook I love flavour yet simplicity and Marcus ticks both boxes with a gigantic marker.

He has superceeded my expectations and now he is my top inspiration. Where Granger is the epitome of heart warming, flavourful homely food, Wareing is the posh version. His book just tells it as it is. It is written clearly and recipes are very simple to follow. He does in some recipes leave an element of cooking up to you...which for an aspiring home cook with a 21 month old and very little time, is brilliant, as I can be as creative or not with the rest of the meal. E.g. Roasted beef sirloin with mushrooms, brandy and roasted potatoes...This is simply what the recipe is, no vegetables, nothing more. It is up to you whether you want blanched beans, mushy peas or absolutely nothing with the recipe. Another example...Sticky sesame pork ribs...you use your own imagination as to how you want to serve the dish.

With a perfectly rounded amount of different types of recipes from Meat and veg meals, to seafood, snacks, desserts and his gorgeous sweets section. This book fulfils my weekly cravings pretty well. His Rice Crispie Squares took me right back to my childhood and his home made beef burgers with caramelised onions was the most flavoursome beef burgers I have ever eaten in my life!

I highly recommend this book for all 'walks of chefs'. However, if you have cooked enough Delia, Bill, Jamie etc then this book will re inspire you and turn you into a cook.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a real corker 12 Oct 2009
By Dave
Format:Hardcover
This is great stuff. It's got everything from brilliant things you can do with popcorn and a great burger recipe, to fancier stuff which takes a bit more time but, so far, tastes amazing. And he's clearly got a bit of a sweet tooth because there are LOTS of puddings, ice creams and the like. You can even make your own jaffa cakes.. And it's a lovely thing to look at too. Great photos, etc.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Nutmeg and Custard 5 Nov 2009
By Mrs. Dianne Inman
Format:Hardcover
This is one of my favourite cook books.All the recipes are exciting and innovative but using easy to buy ingredients.The Chapter on popcorn is fascinating. When I buy a cookbook I need to know that it isn't run of the mill as I have over 500 of them and hate it when I find the same old recipes - what a waste! Marcus Waring is a fantastic chef which helps the decision.Great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book rating Nutmeg and custard
I bought it as a Christmas present.for my niece after having seen a friend with same book.and I know she will love it.
Published 5 months ago by Mrs Chrisella Macdonald
1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly conceived and no quality control on recipes
I had high expectations of this book after eating at one of Marcus Wareing's restaurants (Petrus) some years ago and really enjoying it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by AJH
1.0 out of 5 stars utter disappointment
Cannot say how disappointed i was with this book. Having claimed to be 'Britain's finest chef' on the front he goes on to prove that he absolutely is not. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lindsay
1.0 out of 5 stars Caveat Emptor
I've been HUGELY disappointed with this book. Many recipes are shoddily written up, with some ingredients listed but then not featuring in the recipe method at all. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2011 by Rory B Bellows
4.0 out of 5 stars I love Marcus' food...
I went to Marcus restaurant at the Berkley Hotel in London and really enjoyed the complementary sweetcorn soup served cappucino style with chorizo froth he serves, so I was... Read more
Published on 29 July 2010 by M. J. Anstead
5.0 out of 5 stars Page Lick'in Good
The recipes in this book bring out the urge to lick the pages...even the ones without pictures. Within a few pages, I could feel any new year's diet resolution biting the dust. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2010 by K A Byrne
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
A cooks cook book.

Quite technical and not one for the novice.
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by Mr. Angus A. J. Mclean
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic!
I was given this as a christmas present and as a professional chef there are very few cookery books that i find useful however this one is the exception. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by Cassis
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