Black Truffle Cleaning and Recipes

Cleaning The Black Truffle

When you have fresh black winter truffles, do not clean them until your are ready to eat them. Other wise they will spoil quicker. Take off any soil from the black truffles just before using them in any recipe. They must be washed with water and a nail brush under running water. The truffle must be fully clean since they will be used unpeeled. Dry well with a paper towel.

Truffle Risotto

The black truffle (Tuber Melanosporum) must all the time be used as a condiment, not as a food. Use only fresh truffles, if possible. To enjoy and appreciate the black truffles, 100 g is enough. With this amount we can make any recipes.

Black Truffle Cleaning and Recipes

How to use black truffles to flavor food.

Use an airtight holder and put together the food you want to flavor with the black truffle. Close the holder and leave it in the fridge for at least 24 hours. The aroma of the black truffle will jab the food in the sealed container. The black truffle aroma adheres to fatty foods best.

Truffled eggs

Take half a dozen eggs and place them in an airtight holder with a fresh black winter truffle, washed and wrapped in paper towel, but not fully wrap the truffle. Close the holder and put in the fridge for two days. The high porosity of the eggshell will allow the aroma of the truffle to jab the eggs. Then you can use these eggs to make truffled flan, use in stuffing or just eat them fried. You can add a minute sliced garlic to the hot olive oil before frying the eggs. Fry the eggs when the garlic is slightly brown. These truffled eggs will pleasure your palate.

Risotto Parmesan with Black Truffles

Can be severed as a starter or a main course

Serves 2 - 4 people.

Ingredients:

150g black truffles

320g rice

120g grated Parmesan cheese

50g butter

Half a tablespoon heavy cream

Instructions:

Boil the rice until it is al dente and drain well. Add the butter, cream, Parmesan and about half of the grated black winter truffles. Stir until it is well mixed and serve hot, decoration each plate with a kind amount of the remaining winter truffle shavings.

Salad with Black Truffle

Ingredients:

3 Hard Boiled Eggs

2 large handfuls of green beans

1 medium sized lettuce

1 large handful of Rucola

1 Bunch of dill

70g black winter truffle

Creamy Dressing

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons creme fraiche

3 tablespoons duplicate cream

2 tablespoons of lemon juice

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

Cayenne pepper

Salt

Instructions:

Wash the lettuce & rucola and shake off the passage water. Let drain in a collander while making ready the dressing. Top and tail the green beans, then boil them in salted water until tender. Take off and wash in cold water, then mix in with the lettuce and rucola.

The dressing is ready by mixing all the above ingredients together in no singular order. Note - The cayenne pepper is added at the end.

Place the mixed rucola, lettuce and green beans on a plate. Slice the boiled eggs and truffles over the bed of lettuce, adding the dill.

Finally, add the creamy dressing over the salad.

Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Black Winter Truffles

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts

80g Fontina cheese

80g prosciutto ham (Parma-type)

30g butter

1 small onion

1 glass dry sherry

1 medium sized black winter truffle

Stock

Extra virgin olive oil

Flour

Salt

Fresh ground pepper

Instructions

Slice the chicken breast lengthways without fully separating. Flatten with a meat mallet and lightly salt, pepper and flour. Place two slices of ham, a slice of Fontina cheese and a thin layer of black winter truffle inside each wallet or chicken breast. Close and sew up with kitchen twine or using wooden toothpicks. Brown the chopped onions in the oil and butter in a large pan. When they start to soften, add the chicken breasts and brown on both sides, wet with the sherry and cook, adding a small amount of broth if necessary. Serve very hot. Accompany with wild rice or boiled potatoes.

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