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Default Truffles -- What do you do with them?


"ViLco" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> Phred wrote:
>
>>> What kind of truffles do you have there? If they're white then your
>>> friend gave you a very good tip, it's also typical in Langhe
>>> (Piedmont) the most renowned white truffle area in Italy.

>
>> Thanks for your reply ViLco.
>>
>> They're pretty damn dark! :-) I did ask him if they should be folded
>> into the scrambled eggs towards the end of cooking like I would
>> normally use parsley, but he said to just slice them finely on top of
>> the cooked brew. (So now I'm a bit confused. :-)

>
> Me too, am confused. But if he knows those truffles well, he'll sure know
> how to cook them. You could try using half of the truffles as he told you,
> then if you like the result go on like that otherwise try adding the
> grated truffle to the egg for the last minute or two.


But the outside of a white truffle isn't white but brown, and the inside is
only white because they say so. He paid white truffle price for that thing.