Truffle is considered the most expensive mushroom.. In many countries, it is served solely as a delicacy and is called the "black diamond of cooking." This representative of the mushroom kingdom is distinguished by an unusual taste resembling fried seeds or walnuts, a strong aroma and rich chemical composition. Simple recipes for dishes from this valuable mushroom, available for cooking at home, are selected in the article.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Fresh quality truffle has a sharp aroma. During the pressing, it is soft, heavy in weight. Before using in a dish, mushrooms need to be washed and peeled. It is also recommended in many recipes to place them in a preheated oven for 5 minutes. Cut them finely, in the form of chips or cubes.
Important! It is worth abandoning the use of dry, light in weight mushrooms that do not have a pleasant smell. Such a product is already old and can ruin the taste of the dish.
Truffle cooking
There are dishes where truffle is the main ingredient. There are those in which his role is to complement the taste with interesting notes. This mushroom is added to the main dishes, soups are cooked from it, and it is used to prepare desserts and toppings of vegetables.
Making the dishes according to the recipes below is not difficult. They are suitable for everyday use and to surprise guests during a festive feast.
Omelette
120 minutes
truffle white
1-2 pcs. small size
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Washed and peeled mushrooms cut into small cubes.
Cut feather onions.
Shake the eggs.
Pour them into a hot frying pan with melted butter. When stirring constantly, after the eggs have set, pour the mushrooms.
Fry over medium heat. Pour cream in small portions.
Sprinkle with onion. Introduce salt and pepper.
Washed and peeled mushrooms cut into small cubes.
Cut feather onions.
Shake the eggs.
Pour them into a hot frying pan with melted butter. When stirring constantly, after the eggs have set, pour the mushrooms.
Fry over medium heat. Pour cream in small portions.
Sprinkle with onion. Introduce salt and pepper.Video recipe
Omle
Did you know? In France and Italy, it is customary to look for truffles with specially trained dogs and pigs, which have a fine scent and are able to detect fruiting bodies at a depth of up to 20 m. This practice began as early as the 15th century.
Pasta muffins
12 1 h
thin long pasta
400 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Cook pasta - boil them in salted boiling water until tender.
Mushrooms cut into plates.
Lubricate the muffin pan with butter.
Drain the liquid from the pasta.
Introduce grated cheese, cream and egg into them.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Fill in the pasta mold.
Spread the bacon evenly. Sprinkle with cheese.
Pour mushrooms on top.
Send to the oven with a temperature of + 180 ... + 200 ° С.
Bake for 15–20 minutes.
Cook pasta - boil them in salted boiling water until tender.
Mushrooms cut into plates.
Lubricate the muffin pan with butter.
Drain the liquid from the pasta.
Introduce grated cheese, cream and egg into them.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Fill in the pasta mold.
Spread the bacon evenly. Sprinkle with cheese.
Pour mushrooms on top.
Send to the oven with a temperature of + 180 ... + 200 ° С.
Bake for 15–20 minutes.Video recipe
Pasta Muffin
Did you know? Especially valuable types of truffles are sold at auctions. So, in China, the buyer acquired 2 white copies for 330 thousand dollars.
Skamortsa
1-230 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Cut the cheese into slices.
- Put in a baking bowl.
- Cut mushrooms into thin layers.
- Put the bowl of cheese in the oven, heated to a temperature of + 100 ° C.
- Bake for 5-10 minutes.
- Put mushrooms on the cheese.
- Return to oven for 10 minutes.
Important! Refractory clay pottery is traditionally used to make scorific cheese with truffles.
So, today truffle is used for various culinary purposes and introduced into the composition of many interesting and delicious dishes. Cooking this mushroom is not difficult at all. If you choose a quality product and follow the cooking instructions, you can surprise guests and home with an unusual and refined food.
