Truffles
Jul 6, 2012 | 6:57 pm
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more does not equal better w/truffles.
I attended a dinner at Charlie Trotter's where every dish had far too much truffle for my liking. I seem to recall that year he had purchased one of the largest truffles and I felt like he wanted to put it all in the dishes I was having.
It has taken me a long time to warm back up to truffles, I'll enjoy now but if it is an item listed on the menu, it is easy for me to pass up that dish.
I'd be curious if anyone has a favorite truffle dish.
I attended a dinner at Charlie Trotter's where every dish had far too much truffle for my liking. I seem to recall that year he had purchased one of the largest truffles and I felt like he wanted to put it all in the dishes I was having.
It has taken me a long time to warm back up to truffles, I'll enjoy now but if it is an item listed on the menu, it is easy for me to pass up that dish.
I'd be curious if anyone has a favorite truffle dish.
Jul 6, 2012 | 7:30 pm
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Have you had the quail's egg truffle ravioli at Schwa? It's pretty amazing. But my perfect truffle dish is something very simple: Pasta with a light drizzle of olive oil & butter, a little shaved parmesan, some coarse sea salt and fresh shaved truffle (or, failing that, truffle butter or truffle salt).
Jul 6, 2012 | 9:09 pm
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I really enjoy the simple dishes, like basically, a simple cheese sauce with noodles, even macaroni, and then shaved white truffle on top, just simple perfection. I do enjoy something like a balsamic and onion reduction sauce lightly on the side to mix with bites at my on taste and amount for balance and a little acid.
Jul 12, 2012 | 1:48 pm
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Have you had the quail's egg truffle ravioli at Schwa? .....Pasta with a light drizzle of olive oil & butter, a little shaved parmesan, some coarse sea salt and fresh shaved truffle (or, failing that, truffle butter or truffle salt).
Jul 16, 2012 | 2:03 pm
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There is an italian restuarant in Wsh. D.C. called Al Tiramisu. They get fresh italin truffles every oct. nov. They shave them over fresh pasta at the table. They are incredibly good and expensive. However, you can get a half order, which is what I do, and it helps mitigate the high cost.
Jul 16, 2012 | 6:27 pm
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Every experience I have had with Truffle Oil has been negative. Even smelling it now makes me feel woozy. The cooking competition shows I watch on Food Network always criticize its use. I wonder what its really good for.
Jul 17, 2012 | 6:20 am
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i have only seen a couple of cook channel shows. usually while at a restaurant. i don't think there has been a decent one since julia childs dropped her last chicken on the floor.
Jul 17, 2012 | 10:42 am
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Just want to say this thread has been an interesting read, as truffled fries seems to be the a huge thing the last year or so in LA. I didn't know much about them other then having tried them at a few places. Now I kind of understand.
Jul 18, 2012 | 11:03 am
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You do realize that truffle oil most often doesn't have
much if anything to do with truffles, right? And truffled
fries are merely salty potatoes sprinkled with truffle oil.
much if anything to do with truffles, right? And truffled
fries are merely salty potatoes sprinkled with truffle oil.
Jul 19, 2012 | 5:29 pm
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About 10 years ago my wife and I took a friend to Alain Ducasse New York for dinner. It was during white truffle season and my wife and our friend had the "tartufi di alba" (probably mispelled) tasting menu. I had the regular tasting menu but with some supplemental white truffle items substituted. I think one was a white truffle risotta. In any case the meal was spectacular. And the first time I did a double take at a restaurant bill. And I am pretty jaded in that regard.