Have you ever eaten truffle?

[danny la rouge]

Yes, I have. I've never bought the most expensive ones. But I've had pasta with mushroom and truffle sauce in Italy, with a little shaved truffle on top. Beautiful.

You can buy truffle sauce in little jars; it isn't expensive.

 

[Dhimmi]

I did once buy a "truffle oil pizza" which was very tasty, but SO oily - basically an oily cheesy pizza with extra oil. I felt quite sick afterwards.

Lol, yum yum!

 

[moose]

I've had them thrust upon me many times, but I'm not keen. They taste like dirty old men smell.

 

[chooch]

Truffles are beautiful. One of those rare things that live up to their billing.

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

I've had them thrust upon me many times, but I'm not keen. They taste like dirty old men smell.

Lol, that's true but it's a good taste.

 

[Mr Retro]

Truffles are beautiful. One of those rare things that live up to their billing.

I was just going to post exactly that. One of the few things where the hype is justified.

They are nearly impossible to describe too aren't they? When I put a truffle dish in my mouth I think "fuck " but I can never put my finger on the taste. If I was to try I'd say pick the best parts of good read wine, mushroom, prawns, bonfires, sex , black pudding, soy sauce and wet gardens and you have something half as god as a truffle.

 

[brixtonvilla]

That's a bold statement.

*puts truffles on shopping list*

 

[lynne8]

I've only had the truffle oil, it's great, I've added it to mashed potatoes sometimes to make them a bit special, mmmmm...

 

[Trufflepig]

Of course!

 

[The Groke]

That's a bold statement.

*puts truffles on shopping list*

I would add that - for me at least - it was an acquired taste.

When I first tried them, I couldn't understand what the fuss was about.......slowly though, I grew to adore the flavour.

 

[subversplat]

I would add that - for me at least - it was an acquired taste.

When I first tried them, I couldn't understand what the fuss was about.......slowly though, I grew to adore the flavour.

I'm glad someone said this. I can't be doing wasting time with aquiring tastes! And just to think, I had the Platinum Card at the ready to book a Gordon Ramsay £100 White Truffle Pizza

 

[cesare]

Nobody's mentioned the smell

I've eaten bits of truffle on dishes in restaurants - they taste as FFF described, lush.

Then a few years ago I read Peter Mayle's Year In Provence and started that whole 'hmmm haven't seen one, never cooked with one, wonder what they're like thing'.

So I bought one - just one - at a food fair in Covent Garden. Cost about a tenner I think. It was black and roundish and about half the size of a fag packet iirc.

Took it home and put it in the fridge, intending to do all sorts of truffly type recipes but mainly shave it on scrambled eggs or omelettes a la Mayle.

Next morning I opened the door of the fridge - the stench !!! I'd heard that they smell foul, but hadn't paid much attention to it.

They smell disgusting.

But they taste lubberly in very small doses, like the shavings mentioned

 

[moose]

I had the Platinum Card at the ready to book a Gordon Ramsay £100 White Truffle Pizza

Save yourself £91.80 by trying the Pizza Express Trifolata instead "The new Trifolata pizza – which features a drizzle of luxurious white truffle oil –featuring five kinds of mushrooms - porcini, portobello, shitake, oyster and closed cup - and smoked mozzarella"

 

[beeboo]

Maybe you just got some sub-par stuff?

The stuff I have at the moment is killer-strong and has a lovely truffly flavour.

mmm, truffle oil is gooood. On scrambled eggs!

You only ever need a teeny bit so it lasts forever, so it's worth spending the money on.

 

[The Groke]

On scrambled eggs!

innit!

Sometimes, I like to drizzle a tiny bit on cheese-on toast, or even just dip little corners of fresh, plain crusty bread in it and eat.

 

[tangerinedream]

Why would anyone want to eat a rotted mouldy old mushroom when you can eat Salt and Viniger square crisps or mashed potato with cheese and marmite?

Why?

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

I've just been to buy some white truffle oil and Cauldron Lincolnshire sausages. I'm about to have scrambled eggs with added truffle oil and bangers
Blimey, this thread is making me cook, whatever next

 

[The Groke]

I've just been to buy some white truffle oil and Cauldron Lincolnshire sausages. I'm about to have scrambled eggs with added truffle oil and bangers
Blimey, this thread is making me cook, whatever next

Go a little steady with it - It can be quite overpowering if you use too much!

 

[The Groke]

Why would anyone want to eat a rotted mouldy old mushroom when you can eat Salt and Viniger square crisps or mashed potato with cheese and marmite?

Why?

Coz we are all dead posh and that is what us posh people eat.

 

[tangerinedream]

Coz we are all dead posh and that is what us posh people eat.

but why...

 

[MsShirlLaverne]

I've just been to buy some white truffle oil and Cauldron Lincolnshire sausages. I'm about to have scrambled eggs with added truffle oil and bangers
Blimey, this thread is making me cook, whatever next

By 'eck, that were right tastey.

 

[beeboo]

but why...

because it is expensive and singles us out from the s'n'v crisp-eating proles

 

[tangerinedream]

because it is expensive and singles us out from the s'n'v crisp-eating proles

but it's a mouldy old rotted mushroom. I mean, would you eat white dog shit, just because it's a bit rare these days...

 

[pembrokestephen]

truffle flavoured supernoodles

 

[pembrokestephen]

They taste like sweet rich dark sort-of-smokey mushrooms, with a kind of undertone of hot earthy spice. Very nice. I have never been able to afford to buy them myself but have ponced them off of various functions I've been dragged to over the years. I did once buy a "truffle oil pizza" which was very tasty, but SO oily - basically an oily cheesy pizza with extra oil. I felt quite sick afterwards.

"truffle oil" is wonderful to cook with - get decent quality stuff, and drizzle a tiny bit over cooked pasta just before serving for a Posh & Luxurious touch...

I'd imagine a truffle oil pizza would be a bit overpowering, though

 

[tangerinedream]

"truffle oil" is wonderful to cook with - get decent quality stuff, and drizzle a tiny bit over cooked pasta just before serving for a Posh & Luxurious touch...

I'd imagine a truffle oil pizza would be a bit overpowering, though

the concept of 'poor quality truffle oil'

 

[lang rabbie]

truffle flavoured supernoodles

On the same principle, but much classier:

Tartufalba make Tagliatelle All'Uovo Con Tartuffo (Egg Tagliatelle with Truffles) which claims to be made with 6% summer truffles.

Sainsburys were selling them a few years ago. I picked up a couple of boxes at half price because they had just been selling it as a pricey pasta with nothing on the shelf to hint what was special about it.

 

[Fez909]

Sorry to epic bump but I need help. Just came into possession of a 'summer truffle'. Was an impulse purchase just because I've never even seen one in real life before, never mind in Morrisons!

Now, what do I do with it? It has a hard outside like a lychee. Do I remove this? And then just shave it on stuff? How long will it last, as I doubt I'd be eating it all in one go...!?

Epic first world problem: got truffle; don't know what to do.

 

[Fuchs66]

Yes, but never paid myself.

 

[stuff_it]

I et it once, it was nice but not worth the silly prices. If I got it free I would eat it again. *shrug*

It's like the decent coke of food - quite nice, but not as nice a people make out or try to charge for it.

Why would anyone want to eat a rotted mouldy old mushroom when you can eat Salt and Viniger square crisps or mashed potato with cheese and marmite?

Why?

I'm allergic to most of those things.