Vegetable Stock (Brodo Di Verdure) From The Silver Spoon (Phaidon Press Ltd, 2005) Serves 4 2 potatoes, coarsely chopped 2 onions, coarsely chopped 2 leeks, trimmed and coarsely chopped 2 carrots, coarsely chopped 2 turnips, coarsely chopped 1 celery stalk, coarsely chopped 3 cherry tomatoes, coarsely chopped salt 1.      Place all the vegetables in a large pan, pour in 6 1/4 cups water, add a pinch of salt and bring to a boil. 2.      Lower the heat and simmer gently for about 20 minutes. 3.      Remove from the heat and let cool slightly, then strain into a bowl pressing down well on the vegetables with a spoon. Recipes and pictures extracted from The Silver Spoon, £24.95 / €39.95, 2005, published by Phaidon Press Ltd www.phaidon.com/silverspoon