BLACK TRUFFLES!
I sometimes receive phone calls to cook a dinner for special occasions, birthdays, wine tastings etc.
Not often does someone call and say "We are getting a pound of fresh black truffles from France, can you do something with them"? WHAT! I feel a slight tingling down my spine and that giddy school girl crush feel. YES!
The Black Truffles were good but not great, a little dry and not as strong as I have had in the past.
Due to the bad kitchen lighting, the photos were not worth posting, Technical difficulties! Here's the menu none the less. They insisted on the soft scrambled eggs dish in the mix and for a more classic style of cuisine to go with the truffles
Amusebouche
FOIE GRAS CREMA, sauternes drops, salt water, green apple gel, rye crumbs
Course 1
SOFT SCRAMBLED ORGANIC EGGS, Shaved Truffles, chive oil, black butter brioche
Course 2
CARNAROLI RISOTTO, Black truffles, aged parmesan puree, frothy basil
Course 3
HERB ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST, Black truffles, fontina raviolis, chestnut hazelnut and cippolini onion ragout
Course 4
SOTTOCENARE AL TARTUFO CHEESE with accompaniments
Course 5
CINNAMON PARFAIT, cognac gelee, Asian pear gel
GUANAJA CHOCOLATE CREAM, toasted sesame, whipped apple cider