The Official Peaky Blinders Cookbook: 50 Recipes Selected by The Shelby Company Ltd

son loved it

Loved the show, loved cooking the food more

Great Recipes and layout

Book had some damage and wear.

A fun book for cooking fans and fans of the show!!

The Official Peaky Blinders Cookbook pays homage to the eccentricities of dining during the interwar years, honing in on British fare of the 1920’s as imagined by the drama series, Peaky Blinders. The recipes are inspired by what might have been served to the show’s protagonist, Tommy Shelby, during each stage of his social climb from Watery Lane to the Arrow House. The recipes have been somewhat modernized for today’s taste buds and cooking techniques, but remain grounded in the past. As an example recipe, let’s look at Roast Rabbit with Bacon and Mushrooms in a Whiskey Sauce. This one gleefully breaks plenty of healthy-eating rules, but rules are made to be broken and no one knows that better than the Peaky Blinders. Really, though, they are mostly just minor infractions. 3-1/2 tablespoons of Irish whiskey are added early enough to cook off the alcohol while retaining the flavor. Chicken can be substituted for rabbit, because after all, as the cookbook advises, “Known in the 1920s as poor-man’s chicken, rabbit was available to anyone who could hunt it down. And if you want to take Polly’s advice, remember that ‘Bucks taste better.'” That roast rabbit/chicken recipe calls for seventeen ingredients as well as two vegetables as a side-serve. But don’t panic! The instructions are well focused and clearly written, and will lead you easily through the preparation process. If you have your ingredients and equipment ready and waiting, and follow the instructions to the letter, even a novice cook should end up with an impressive meal. Flip ahead to Creamy Baked Rice Pudding with Berry Compote and you’ll have a excellent dessert to finish this feast. Not every recipe is as easygoing as the Roast Rabbit, though. Adventurous foodies might want to try Pork Scratching Sticks with Smoked Paprika and Sea Salt. All you need are some seasonings and salts… along with a one pound slab of pork skin, a blowtorch and scissors. What could possibly go wrong? Try asking your butcher to sell you the pork skin—by order of the Peaky Blinders. The photography is such a treat. There’s plenty of shots of the show’s cast in iconic settings that will please the most avid of fans. But oh, the food. Those photos begin with Chapter 1 at family table in Watery Lane. For this setting, the lighting is warm, with a golden, homespun glow. In Chapter 2 we head for The Garrison for some pub food. The dishes now seems darker and moody, with food served on sturdy, rustic plates and boards. Chapter 3 finds us having lunch at The Derby, with well-lit, bright, colorful food, such as Angels on Horseback, served on fine china. Chapter 4 takes us to dinner at the Eden Club. The golden glow of chapter 1 is back, but now illuminates elegant yet decidedly masculine place settings. And for the grand finale in chapter 5, we are invited to a feast at Arrow House. We are given a printed formal menu to stir our appetite. The canapes look fun to make and sound delicious. I’m not entirely convinced about the Pea & Lettuce Soup with Feta, but I’d be willing to give it a try. In a Peaky Blinders dinner party situation, one must be willing to take these things in stride. Most likely there are people watching that you don’t want to upset. The Chicken & Pork Terrine with Brandy & Apricots, we are assured, “looks far harder to achieve than it is. Definitely one to impress the guests”. To my middle-class sensibilities, unfortunately, terrine looks like Spam and Sushi had a baby. I suppose I should try it before passing judgement—and before judgement is passed on me. I recommend The Official Peaky Blinders Cookbook to fans of the series, adventurous cooks, curious kitchen novices, photography buffs, and cookbook collectors. My thanks to author Rob Morris, Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a digital advance review copy of this book. This review is my honest and unbiased opinion.

Bought this after binge watch the series and it makes a good coffee table piece but most of the recipes are hard to make tryingvto fin the ingredients or substitutes to be able to make the dishes. I've only been able to make 3 dishes out of the book so far and they were average at best until I made a few changes to them.

The Official Peaky Blinders Cookbook: 50 Recipes Selected by The Shelby Company Ltd is based on a popular British television series and is full of old fashioned (the series takes place starting 1919) yummy British recipes that were served during that time period. Most are simple to make, and most sound delicious. The recipes are easy to follow and are for dishes that even non-British and those who aren’t familiar with iconic British food will love and will be very tempted to make. Most call for easy-to-find ingredients that are available at any mainstream grocery store both in the UK or the US. The recipes don’t follow proper recipe protocol (most irritating since they assume the ingredients are yours as in “preheat ‘your’ oven” instead of preheat the oven – how does the author know if it’s “your” oven instead of your neighbor’s?). This type of unprofessional recipe writing is usually found in the thousands of recipe blogs that have suddenly appeared on the internet and show that many of the authors haven’t ever written a recipe before posting on their blogs. Although the author doesn’t know how to properly write a recipe, he does know how to develop a recipe and this faux pas won’t matter to most who are using this fun cookbook. Fans of the series will especially like this cookbook, and even those who just like British food will find themselves wanting to prepare almost every recipe in the cookbook. My queue gets longer every time I pick up this cookbook. All told, almost everyone – those familiar and those who aren’t - with the series will have a good time making the recipes. Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

As a die hard PB fan I just needed to have this book. It’s beautiful and looks very classy. Beautiful pictures of the series. A must have for every real PB fan. Happy to have it !

Very insightful and creative book for those who love the series and cooking. Some amazing recipes are displayed and some are easy to make, some have a learning curve, but what you end up with is some delicious food to enjoy and savour!

Ricettario davvero ben fatto e curato nei dettagli. Ricco di immagini (che non è una cosa così scontata). Essendo in LINGUA INGLESE non è per tutti, ma gli amanti della serie tv sapranno apprezzarlo in egual modo. Se esposto in cucina accanto ai ricettari di Downton Abbey fa proprio una bella figura.

I don’t eat fish or game but this book is truly stunning. The photography, colours, recipes.. it’s just a great book to have if you’re a Peaky blinders fan