Truffle week 2011 . Our recipies with truffles

COOKING WITH TRUFFLES

 

PREPARATION

   

 

 

RECIPES

 

 

TRUFFLE CREAM

 

Ingredients:

·        100 g. black truffle

·        150 g. butter

·        65 g. Parmesan cheese

·        salt and pepper

 

Preparation:

Grind the truffle and add to the butter, cheese, salt and pepper, mixing all together until it has a creamy consistency.  Spread on warmed slices of bread, or toast.

 

 

PENNETTE WITH TRUFFLES

 

Ingredients (per person):

·        80 g.  pennette (pasta)

·        10 g. ground black truffle

·        20 g. butter

·        Parmesan cheese - to taste

        

Preparation:

Cook and drain the pasta, keeping a little of the cooking water aside. While the pasta is cooking put the truffle, cheese, butter and salt into a large bowl. Add the pasta to this mixture, together with the remaining cooking water, if it seems too dry.

 

 

 CARPACCIO WITH TRUFFLES 

 

(Carpaccio is a dish of uncooked marinated ingredients.)

 

Ingredients:

·        300 g. beef suitable for carpaccio

·        40 g. extra-virgin olive oil

·        juice of a lemon

·        salt and pepper

·        white truffle

 

Preparation:

Slice the beef extremely thinly and lay it in a single layer on plates. Sprinkle with the lemon juice and leave it for an hour. After this the meat should be more of a pinkish colour; season it with the salt and pepper and olive oil and cover with slivers of truffle.

 

LETTUCE WITH BLACK TRUFFLES

 

Ingredients:

·        lettuce

·        Parmesan cheese

·        black truffle

·        lemon

Preparation:

Put the washed lettuce on the plates. Mix the ground truffle, the lemon juice, and the salt and pepper until it becomes a sauce. Pour onto the lettuce and add shavings of Parmesan cheese. 

 

PARMIGIANA WITH TRUFFLES

 

Ingredients:

·        Parmesan cheese

·        ham

·        black truffle

·        cream

 

Preparation:

Butter an oven-proof dish and then add alternately various layers of ham, shavings of Parmesan cheese and slivers of truffle. Cover with single cream and pats of butter, and bake in a pre-heated oven at 220° for about 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

TRUFFLE RISOTTO

 

Ingredients:

·        rice

·        onion

·        butter

·        stock

·        Parmesan cheese

·        delicate black truffle or white truffle

 

Preparation:

Fry the onion in the butter, add the rice and cook, adding the stock a little at a time.  Add salt and pepper to taste. When the rice is cooked ‘al dente’, add slivers of truffle and a generous helping of Parmesan cheese.

 

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TRUFFLES

 

Ingredients:

·        chicken breasts

·        ham

·        fontina cheese

·        black truffle

 

Preparation:

Coat the chicken breasts lightly in flour and fry them in the butter. Add a little white wine, salt and pepper. Put the chicken in a dish with the sauce and cover each with a slice of ham, a slice of fontina cheese and slivers of truffle. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180° – 200° for about 10 minutes.

 

GRILLED TROUT WITH TRUFFLES

 

Ingredients:

·        trout

·        olive oil

·        lemon

·        truffle

 

Preparation:

Clean the trout and grill them. Mix the ground truffle with the oil, the lemon juice, salt and pepper until it becomes a sauce which can be poured over the trout.