Replace vegetables steamed in simmering basket with any of your favorites.

Lamb’s lettuce is more commonly served in a salad, but also makes a vivid green, velvety smooth, slightly nutty-flavoured soup. The tangy black olive sauce, similar to a tapenade, gives steamed broccoli a whole new dimension, making it a flavourful side dish to be served with the main dish of your choice.

Replace vegetables steamed in simmering basket with any of your favourites.

Place trivet or small chilli dish under steaming plate to allow steam to circulate properly.

- Instead of lamb’s lettuce, use butterhead lettuce or baby spinach. - Garnish the soup with crisp fried bacon. - Some of the black olive sauce can also be served as a condiment to flavour the soup. - Add an additional 20-30 g extra virgin olive oil to the black olive sauce to use it as a salad dressing or pasta sauce.

To grate Parmesan cheese before starting recipe, place 2.5 oz Parmesan cheese into mixing bowl and grate 10 sec/speed 10 . Transfer to a bowl and set aside until needed.