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I'm curious, were these actual truffle dishes? Or were they simply flavored with truffle oil? Because truffle oil, is by most accounts, awful.
by Pinckney 10y ago
I'm curious, were these actual truffle dishes? Or were they simply flavored with truffle oil? Because truffle oil, is by most accounts, awful.
- jcoffland 10y agoI love truffle oil.
- jaclaz 10y agoThe "real" truffle is the "white" one, the "black" one is considered (and it is) vastly inferior and there are several varieties of the "black" one (some wuite good, some a lot less). Truffle oil is made (the good one) from the rests of the truffles or from too tiny ones, and not-so-surprisingly if you use real, good truffle and real, good olive oil, it is a good product. Most of it is however made with inferior quality oils and with artificial flavourings, and quite frankly it is usually terrible. Any dish with truffle be it the superior "white" or inferior "black" kind is usually any normal, not particular savoury in itself dish (like the mentioned "tagliatelle al burro") on which the truffle is added at the end in tiny slices, often (this is what is done at home and in "high level restaurants") by bringing on the table the truffles and the special tool to slice them, and everyone slices what he/she finds adequate on his/her own plate. The tool is like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NucklhqTRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NucklhqTRU