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Voor een gezonde voeding is de manier van bereiding van zeer groot belang. Er wordt dan ook voortdurend gezocht naar nieuwe methoden om alle gezonde ingrediënten van onze voeding maximaal te behouden. De stoomoven is een relatief recent apparaat dat aan populariteit wint. In je ingebouwde keuken mag zo'n stoomoven niet ontbreken. Overweeg jij zo'n stoomoven aan te schaffen, dan moet je vooraf de mogelijkheden van dit toestel kennen. Wat is mogelijk met zo'n stoomoven, en op wat moet je letten bij de keuze van de meest geschikte stoomoven? Wat is koken met stoom, en welk prijs betaal je voor zo'n stoomoven?

Our favourite former River Cafe cook conjures a fragrant taste of summer We have been keeping our bee hives near the lavender patch this year. I really hope they realise that such tempting and fragrant flowers are at their disposal. However, they probably fly for miles to get at the lime trees instead. The lavender came out really early this season, like everything, but I know it will keep flowering longer than all the other plants. Its finest uses are as a soothing herbal remedy but I love it for the intense fragrance and hazy colour. Bees, lavender and summer holidays are synonymous to me. One of the first things I remember baking as a child were lavender biscuits. These are basically shortbread as they're sandy and crumbly and made with lots of butter, but I didn't want them to be great slabs of biscuit, more a dainty thing to put in your mouth. Just crushing the flowers in your fingers makes you realise how intense the oils it produces is, so use them sparingly, and I find a little added fennel seed brings out a lovely flavour. You could eat them any time, but a cup of tea or a scoop of ice-cream goes particularly well. Lavender shortbread Makes about 18 mini biscuits Ingredients 75g unsalted butter, at room temperature 25g caster sugar a pinch of salt 60g plain flour (I use '00' fine-milled) 25g rice flour 1tsp lavender flowers, crushed in a pestle and mortar ½tsp fennel seeds, crushed icing sugar, for dusting Heat the oven to 150C. In a mixing bowl, or with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar together until soft. Crush the lavender flowers with the fennel seeds. Sift in the flours and salt and add the crushed flower and seed. Bring together to make a dough. It may be a little crumbly but the main thing is not to overwork it too much. Wrap the dough in film and rest in the fridge for about 20mins. Roll out the dough to about 1cm thick and cut out shapes with little cutters. Bake for about 20 minute