Vegetable Stock

I have included a basic recipe for vegetable stock in my last two books. However, the joys of cooking are the endless variations that recipes can have and this one is no exception. I think this gives you a fuller vegetable flavour, helped by the acidity of the lemon and bite from the pink peppercorns. It can be made without the carrots to give you a whiter stock, but the carrots do tend to give a sweetness to the finished flavour. I like to use this stock for vegetarian risottos and other b