
While this recipe hardly reaches Heston Blumenthal like levels of kitchen experimentation, it’s certainly raised a few eyebrows. For some reason most people still seem to frown at the idea of a vegetable making an appearance on their desert platter – people that no doubt munch happily on carrot cake without even considering the connection.

The parsnip. Not a very exciting vegetable on its own and certainly one that always seems to be left lurking when my vegetable box is…

Served raw celeriac is crunchy and aromatic. Come to think of it, so is parsnip. And fennel. So what if you combine the three?