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Meatsmith

Home Cooking For Friends And Family
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Meatsmith: Home Cooking For Friends and Family by celebrated Australian restaurateur Andrew McConnell and world-class butcher Troy Wheeler offers over 80 exceptional recipes designed for memorable gatherings. This elegant guide goes beyond typical meat cookbooks, featuring menus for special occasions such as fiery butcher's picnics and summer garden lunches. Learn to master classic dishes including perfect rib eye steaks, stunning steak tartare, beef wellington, glazed roast duck, charcuterie, barbecues, and roasts, complemented by show-stealing salads, vegetable dishes, and sauces.

Reflecting a strong commitment to quality, Meatsmith has evolved into one of Australia's top boutique grocers and stands as an essential cookbook for every home cook.
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This book is ideal for home cooks seeking to elevate their cooking skills with sophisticated meat dishes and those who enjoy hosting long lunches, impressive dinners, and celebrations centred on quality food.

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Classic recipes from the family table of acclaimed Australian restauranteur Andrew McConnell and butcher Troy Wheeler, from slow-cooked feasts to elegant vegetables and salads.

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Celebrated Australian restaurateur Andrew McConnell (Gimlet, Cutler & Co) and world class butcher Troy Wheeler unite for Meatsmith: Home Cooking For Friends and Family, featuring more than 80 brilliant recipes to inspire long lunches, impressive dinners and sensational shared celebrations.

More than another meat cookbook, this is an elegant guide to classic cooking that will inspire moments to be remembered. Discover menus for special occasions – from a fiery butcher's picnic to a summer lunch in the garden – plus how to grill the perfect rib eye, prepare a spectacular steak tartare and create one great dessert. 

Master signature dishes such as beef wellington or glazed roast duck, delicious charcuterie, barbecue and roasts; and find stellar side pairings among an array of show-stealing salads, vegetable dishes, and sauces.

Andrew and Troy’s belief in quality has seen Meatsmith become one of Australia's best boutique grocers, and it is now the essential cookbook every home cook must have. 

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Gourmet Traveller praises the book, highlighting it as a must-buy when the chef behind Gimlet and his butcher reveal secrets to perfect dishes like beef Wellington and glazed roast duck.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781743799024

Publisher: Hardie Grant Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 November 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hardie Grant Books

Illustration: Full-colour Photography

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1324g

Pages: 256

About the Author

One of Australia’s most successful chefs and restaurateurs, Andrew McConnell brings trend-setting style, attention to detail and good taste to everything he does. His groundbreaking restaurant group Trader House operates acclaimed restaurants Cutler & Co. and Gimlet, wine bar Marion, Supernormal, all-day icon Cumulus Inc. and classic pub Builders Arms Hotel. Andrew is the author of Cumulus Inc. and Supernormal (republished in 2023 by Hardie Grant).

Falling into a career as a butcher in a small country town, Troy Wheeler moved to Melbourne and climbed the ranks to become one of the city’s best butchers. In 2015, he launched Meatsmith with Andrew McConnell, creating one of Australia’s best bespoke butcher and grocery stores focusing on heritage meats, sauces and charcuterie. There are four stores across Melbourne: the original Fitzroy flagship, plus St Kilda, Balwyn and Brighton.

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