Exciting Suggestions for Truffle Recipes

Every food connoisseur knows how important truffles are for culinary purposes. Their strong flavor and aromatic smell makes them ideal as flavor enhancer rather than as main ingredient in a dish. Cooking truffles is a big no-no, as it ruins the truffles’ natural flavor. Exceptions are foie gras and pâtés. Instead, you slice or shave them over risotto, soups, sauces, pasta, and even plain scrambled eggs. Transform your bland dishes into flavorful and appetizing ones! There is a wide variety of truffle recipes that you can experiment at your own kitchen. You don’t have to a chef to do that! All you need are a little knowledge of how to work the truffle’s magic.

The following are some tips to make cooking with truffles an easy task for you.

• Get your truffles from your local gourmet shops or specialty stores. Of course, you don’t need to go hunting for truffles in the forest. That’s too time-consuming and laborious a task, unless it’s your hobby.

• When shopping for truffles, smell them to check their odor intensity and freshness. Truffles that have been stocked for a long time gradually lose their strong smell. Also, go for truffles that are well-textured, evenly shaped, blemish-free, and firm.

• Pick ingredients that go well with the truffles without diminishing their strong flavor. In a truffle recipe, avoid using ingredients with very strong flavor or pungent smell as they might upstage the truffles. What’s the point of using truffles if you can’t taste their distinct flavor? 

• Never delay using your newly purchased truffles. That way, you ensure that the strength of their taste remains when you add them to your favorite truffle recipe. Store your truffles for a maximum period of three days in the refrigerator.

• When storing your truffles, wrap them individually in paper towel and place them in a sealed jar to ensure that its odor won’t affect other foods in the fridge.

• Regardless of variety, truffles work best when paired with fat-rich foods such as cheese (Parmesan, Asiago, and Romano varieties), butter, cream, and foie gras. 

• Truffles are great with pasta, too. Grate them over the creamy sauce of your pasta, and you’re sure to enjoy savoring this flavorful dish.

• Have a hearty breakfast courtesy of black truffles combined with scrambled eggs or omelets. The strong flavor of truffles will blend well to the mild flavor of egg dishes.

• Don’t cook truffles along with the other ingredients of your truffle recipe. Instead, you just add them after the main ingredients have been cooked. That way, you avoid ruining the truffles’ flavor.

• Enhance the flavor of your poultry meat by inserting thin slices of raw black truffles under the skin of uncooked chicken, duck, or turkey. 

• Add truffles to sauces made with brandy or wine for a flavor boost. 

Truffle recipes are excellent when you choose, store, prepare, and cook them properly. So what are you waiting for? Have fun and enjoy your scrumptious truffle-flavored dishes!
