People have been eating truffles for thousands of years. Truffles are said to have aphrodisiac effect, so in Europe, truffles have always been regarded as aphrodisiac. The French are crazy about truffles. Aurini, a famous Parisian socialite, left a famous saying: "I love men because I love truffles". In the past, it was an essential top food for French aristocrats to drink and have fun, which gave truffles a mysterious luxury image.
To eat truffles, you have to hunt truffles first. The so-called truffle hunting is not hunting in the forest with live ammunition, but taking hounds to the oak forest to find truffles that grow underground, and the person who picks truffles is called a cave man.
Every Christmas in France, South France produces a truffle called "black gold" by the French-chocolate truffe. It is a shy fungus, hiding in the soil and afraid to show its face. You need a sensitive nose of a dog or pig to find it. With a price of more than 500 euros per kilogram, it is one of the most expensive ingredients in Europe. Because of its rich aroma, it is highly praised by French chefs. This chocolate is covered with a layer of chocolate powder and put in the mouth. Delicate and smooth, it melts in the mouth and tastes excellent.
This kind of chocolate can be bought in supermarkets, chocolate shops or shopping malls in France, but only around Christmas. According to different brands, the price ranges from a few euros to tens of euros per kilogram.
Appetizer: spread a layer of truffle sauce on sliced bread and make a bite as an appetizer; Baked potatoes or scrambled eggs will be sprinkled with truffle oil or truffle crumbs; Fried fresh foie gras or duck liver jelly with a little truffle slices or bread crumbs.
Salad: high-end people mix salad with truffle slices or truffle slices; Make salad vinegar with truffle oil or broken bacteria.
Soup cup: drop a few drops of truffle oil in the thick soup to refresh and add fragrance.
Spaghetti or stewed rice: mix the noodle sauce with crushed truffles; Store truffles in a rice jar, let the rice grains smoke to taste, and then use them to make truffle stew rice.
Main course: fry steak with truffle oil, or adjust sauce with truffle blocks and decorate with truffle slices; Truffle sauce can also be paired with chicken, duck and lamb chops; Or bake the truffle slices under the skin of spring chicken until they are cooked. This is a classic French dish.
Dessert: Truffles are very suitable for eating with grapes or apples, even with cakes with milk and eggs, if you are willing to pay a lot of money to try.
French truffle foie gras by Weng Yuzhe
Peel fresh foie gras, remove blood vessels, sprinkle with coarse salt, pepper and nutmeg powder, and marinate in cognac for about 2 hours after 30 minutes. Bake in the oven 150 degrees 1, gently press down the foie gras after completion, and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. Serve with toast.
Some people use a girl of 18 years old to compare truffle foie gras, young and unrestrained. Once frozen, it is hot and strong, so gentle that it just neutralizes the thick smell of foie gras. Special reminder: Eating foie gras is the same as eating steak. Don't spread the whole piece of bread like jam, it will destroy the original tissue and taste.