Minty Find a tall man with long elegant fingers. I'm lucky - I've got one at home! Place his palm-down hand next to the vegetables on an Umbrian marble worksurface. Using his little finger as a template, cut the parsnips, beetroots, turnips and swedes into finger-shaped strips. Hot-bubble for 4 minutes. (No more or they'll get scared.) Disappoint. Place in a roasting tray, giving them a frisson en route. Matisse with Tuscan extra-virgin.
Roast in a four-door coffin-black Aga for 57 minutes at 192 degrees.
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