Cooking With Truffles

Fresh Truffles: Always should be used the same day, or within 3 days of purchase. Preserved Truffles: have a long shelf life, but after opening consume within a week.

Cooking With Winter Black Truffles:
This famed truffle is the prize ingredient of chefs everywhere from five star restaurants to sophisticated kitchens. While you will find many connoisseurs have different opinions on the preparation of Winter Black truffles, there are some universally respected precepts:

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Winter Black Truffles are best if used when cooking a dish, as their aroma and flavor are long-lasting, and will seep into your preparation

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The French adore their Perigord Diamond when used in scrambled eggs and an omelet, as eggs easily assimilate the subtle earthy flavor of black truffles. This is also a very easy way of using black truffles, since it leaves almost no room for error. Plus, if you’re using preserved truffles, you can also use the truffle juice in the egg mixture, for even more of that yummy truffle flavor.

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Pasta, cuore! Indeed, shave, slice thinly, or grate over a hearty creamy pasta sauce, and prepare to reach heaven in one bite.

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Most tubers and vegetables with clean, fresh flavors contrast nicely with the intensely pungent essence of truffles, especially celery root, leeks.

Cooking With Winter White Truffles:

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Because they are so aromatic and pungent, but their aroma tends to fade relatively quickly, White Truffles (especially the winter variety) should NEVER be cooked.

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Keep it simple: clean, slice or shave over some cooked risotto or pasta and you’re done.

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They should never be mixed with any ingredient high in acidity, which would cause the flavor of the truffle to subside.

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Let the truffle work its magic, and always add towards the end of the recipe preparation.

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Want to be super ingenious (ok, so we stole this from Wolfgang Puck)? Top a deluxe cheese pizza!

Cooking With Summer Black Truffles:

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Since summer black truffles are the less expensive of the bunch, you can be more creative. Basically follow the instructions for winter black truffles, but feel free to experiment with different recipes and ingredients, always remembering the flavor will be much more subtle than the winter variety, so it won’t be as spectacular.

Cooking With Summer White Truffle:

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Use the same way you would use a winter white truffle, don’t expect the same pungent aroma. So in this case, you can choose to cook them and experiment more in other great recipes.