{"id":125,"date":"2010-10-29T05:29:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T05:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chefmorgan.com\/?p=125"},"modified":"2010-11-04T06:20:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T06:20:24","slug":"all-about-truffles-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chefmorgan.com\/engine\/all-about-truffles-part-two","title":{"rendered":"all about truffles (part two)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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how to clean and store truffles<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Do not remove the dirt from the truffles until you are ready to use them.\u00a0 Truffles store in the refrigerator for a few days.\u00a0 Wrap them in a paper-bag or paper towel and place the bag with some rice in a glass jar.\u00a0 Close tightly.\u00a0 Change the wrapping on the truffles every day as you would cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To clean truffles, soak them in warm water (about 30 minutes) and then rub the dirt off with your hands. Change the water and use a brush to remove all of the dirt from the truffle.\u00a0 Continue to change the water as you would for rice.\u00a0 Once the water is clean, dry the truffle well with a towel.\u00a0 Truffles can be sliced and soaked in wine or brandy to prolong their life.\u00a0 Truffles can be preserved by vacuum sealing them and then freezing them.<\/span><\/p>\n


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how to use truffles<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Truffles can be used as a garnish to enhance the flavor of a dish or as the primary ingredient in a side or main dish. \u00a0 Truffles can be eaten raw, sliced in salads or shaved\/grated and put on pasta, risotto, or on toast.\u00a0 They are delicious in sauces.\u00a0 They can be ground into a paste.\u00a0 Truffle smell penetrates their surroundings (you can take advantage of this for eggs, rice, popcorn kernels).\u00a0 \u201cTruffer<\/span>\u201d is a French verb which means to create a truffle aroma to a dish by adding truffle pieces (i.e., truffled chicken, truffled risotto, truffled cheese, truffled butter, truffled salt). \u00a0 Generally, Summer Truffles are eaten raw and never peeled.\u00a0 Black Truffles are peeled, and need to be at least warmed to release their aroma.\u00a0 \u00a0 To thinly slice a truffle is\u00a0 \u201ccoupe-truffe<\/span>\u201d.\u00a0 Truffles can be julienned, grated, or ground.\u00a0 Truffles are wonderful steamed en papillote, saut\u00e9ed, poached, and\/or braised.<\/span><\/p>\n

truffles pair well with what flavors and foods ?<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong>Winter or Summer, Black or White, Truffles work best with uncomplicated, simple dishes:\u00a0 a pur\u00e9ed soup, a risotto, roasted meat, with eggs, or as a spread on toast. \u00a0 White Truffles go well with more delicate foods such as pastas, soups and seafood.\u00a0 Black Truffles are better with heartier meals:\u00a0 meats (for example, poultry, duck, wild boar, beef, venison, veal, foie gras, carpaccio), sauces, and even chocolate… yes chocolate.\u00a0 With respect to seafood, they go well with fish with more a substantial or oilier texture (Sea Bass, John Dory,\u00a0 Monkfish, or Cod) as well as scallops and oysters.\u00a0 Truffles are well-suited to creamy, rich, or starchier textures: pastas, potatoes, gnocchi, polenta, and pair well with other woodsy flavors and tubers, including, celeriac, leeks, parsnips, horseradish, and sunchokes.\u00a0 Morels and truffles belong to the same fungus species and pair well.\u00a0 Truffles go equally well with other mushroom varieties such as Chanterelles and Hen of the Woods.\u00a0 Chestnuts are my favorite nut to pair with truffles.\u00a0 Sage, thyme and pepper go well with truffles as do olive and nut oils. \u00a0 You can purchase cheese that has been truffled\u00a0 (i.e., <\/span>Boschetto al Tartufo<\/span><\/em>) but make sure to purchase the cheese from a reputable cheese shop as some \u201ctruffled\u201d cheese has no truffles and the texture is rubbery.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

a few recipe ideas<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a short list of some of my favorite ways in which to use truffles:<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n


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starters and sides<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

savory crepes with chives, truffle shavings and olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n

white truffle paste on tartines<\/span><\/p>\n

truffle tapenade (chestnuts, mushrooms, sunchokes, and truffles)<\/span><\/p>\n

black or white truffle gel\u00e9e with oysters<\/span><\/p>\n

summer truffle vichyssoise<\/span><\/p>\n

truffles saut\u00e9ed in a Madeira or Champagne sauce<\/span><\/p>\n

saut\u00e9ed celeriac with shaved truffles<\/span><\/p>\n

saut\u00e9ed black truffles with sunchokes<\/span><\/p>\n

braised leeks with truffles<\/span><\/p>\n

roasted fingerling or ozette potatoes with truffle shavings, fleur de sel, and olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled compound butter (use on toast, eggs, meat)<\/span><\/p>\n

potato tart with truffled olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n

potato pav\u00e9 with truffles<\/span><\/p>\n

oven roasted Kobacha squash with truffled pistachio oil<\/span><\/p>\n

macerated purple artichoke salad with lemon, olive oil, parmesan, and shaved truffles<\/span><\/p>\n

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mains<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

tenderloin \u00e0 la P\u00e9rigourdine<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled four-cheese \u201cmac and cheese\u201d with crushed hazelnuts and thyme gratin<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled scrambled eggs<\/span><\/p>\n

poached eggs with truffles, morels and asparagus on toasted brioche<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled omelet with Hen of the Woods mushrooms<\/span><\/p>\n

baked eggs with black truffle shavings and cream<\/span><\/p>\n

truffles and mushrooms with steamed Cod<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled risotto with morels<\/span><\/p>\n

sliced truffles and scallops en papillote with Pistachio oil<\/span><\/p>\n

foie gras p\u00e2t\u00e9 with truffle shavings garnish<\/span><\/p>\n

seared foie gras with black truffle shavings and dollop of truffled pommes pur\u00e9e<\/span><\/p>\n

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desserts<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

truffled Madagascar vanilla bean cream brul\u00e9e<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled ice cream with honey<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled popcorn<\/span><\/p>\n

roasted pears with truffled honey and crispy sage<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled brie with plum-Armagnac compote<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled Valhrona chocolate truffles<\/span><\/p>\n

truffled pecan praline<\/span><\/p>\n

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