Vegetables

More than ever before modern chefs use interesting new cooking techniques and ingredients to boost texture, add depth of flavour and make so much more of humble carrots, kale and cauliflower. Vegetable dishes are storming the menus at some of the world’s best restaurants where chefs are treating fresh vegetable produce with the reverence it deserves. Organized by type of produce, there are recipes for root veg, alliums and bulbs, potatoes and squash, legumes and pods, sweet vegetables, shoots and stems, mushroom and funghi, as well as basic recipes for a well-stocked chef's storecupboard. Choose from Smoked Parsnips with Blue Cheese, Cauliflower & Truffle Pate, Kale Gnocchi, Kimchi, Spring Pistou Soup, Nettle & Wild Garlic Soup with Gruyere Toasts, Red Onion Tarte Tatin, Pea Panna Cotta, Pizza Bianca, Spaghetti Puttanesca, Champagne Mushrooms, Fennel & Roast Tomato Lasagne or a selection of versatile sauces, ketchups, chutneys, pickles, pestos and oils.