Truffles pair very well with potatoes that have been cooked in butter. This is a simple recipe which can feature any black truffle you fancy

This video looks at 12 wild and cultivated European truffle species, including those that hunters are overlooking and chefs may not know about. Learn how to identify these underrated gems in nature and unlock their potential in the kitchen!

One of the many very strange things about truffles is what happens when you put them in your fridge. Their dominant smell will take over. Everything in there will become infused with truffle – your milk, your cheese, your cheesecake, even your eggs. Anything with a high fat content is particularly at risk of taking …

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Are black summer truffles best eaten raw or cooked? This video experiments with two sauces in an attempt to answer the question.

When cooking any dish which will be served with white truffle simplicity is key and this is a cleverly simple dish. Cream and mushrooms are a perfect accompaniment to the white truffle as they don’t challenge its strong aroma. The fresh tagliatelle is made with spinach from the garden. This adds an interesting flavour to …

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I was very lucky for a time in my life to have the lovely Julia as my sister-in-law. Her grandmother Alice had come over from Sicily and lived in Pittsburgh, USA. This was one of grandma Alice’s own grandma’s recipes that my brother and Julia adapted during the years they lived together in Baltimore and Pittsburgh.

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A good way to save white truffles is to make truffle butter… This is the real deal. Use it on steak, risottos, pasta, wherever you fancy. You can even have it on bread. There are only two rules : Don’t cook the truffle and make it part of a simple dish (no competing flavours).

Making truffle butter is the best way to preserve a white truffle before it loses its freshness. It is laughably easy and should only take a few minutes

This recipe would serve two hungry people. It also makes a little white truffle go a long way and so is a lovely way to use truffle butter when the season has finished and fresh white truffles are just a memory on your taste buds.