Cooking with Truffle Oil
Truffle oil is used to flavour a range of dishes, either on its own or together with fresh truffles. It is most popular in simple pasta, egg and potato dishes, but is also widely used to bind flavours in more complex dishes, such as roast chicken and steak.
Truffle oil can also be used in a vinaigrette for salads that contain assertive greens, strong cheeses and smoked or cured meats.
Here are ten ways to use truffle oil, as suggested by Rosario Safina and Judith Sutton in their book Truffles: Ultimate Luxury, Everyday Pleasure.
- Drizzle over roasted or grilled asparagus or artichoke
- Add a few drops to warm potato salad or to mash potato
- Stir it into almost any cream soup
- Add a few drops to tuna tartare
- Brush it over the cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches (or drizzle open faced cheese toasts with it)
- Stir it into chicken salad
- Drizzle over garlicky sautéed potatoes or oven roasted tiny new potatoes
- Dress up egg salad with a splash or two
- Anoint a roast chicken, or any roasted bird with it (or carve the bird and garnish the individual servings with a drizzle or two)
- Drizzle over any grilled fish – whole, steaks, or fillets
Truffle oil blends particularly well with other fatty or oily foodstuff, such as mayonnaise and butter. Try mixing some truffle oil with these and use them as you usually would. A really tasty treat is to dip French fries into truffle flavoured mayonnaise.
Download this basic recipe book to get started.
Our Truffle Oil
Our truffle oil is produced from the extra virgin olive oil imported from Italy, carefully blended with truffle essence, to provide the distinctive taste of the black Perigord truffle.
We produce:
- A strongly flavoured truffle oil, which is suitable for people used to cooking with truffle oil or restaurants
- A mildly flavoured truffle oil suitable for people new to truffle cuisine and who wish to experiment.
Our truffle oil is available in 50 ml or 250 ml bottles.
Samples are available to restaurants and delicatessens.
Truffles of Africa prices
| 250 ml mild black truffle oil |
| 1 bottle | R73.00 |
| 14-10 bottles | R63.00 each |
| 11-20 bottles | R58.00 each |
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| 250 ml strong black truffle oil |
| 1 bottle | R90.00 |
| 14-10 bottles | R78.00 each |
| 11-20 bottles | R73.00 each |
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| 50 ml mild black truffle oil |
| 1-10 bottles | R22.00 each |
| 11 and above | R18.00 each |
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| 50 ml strong black truffle oil |
| 1-10 bottles | R27.00 each |
| 11 and above | R23.00 each |
Prices exclude delivery except for orders of 11 bottles of 250 ml or above in the KZN midlands area. Courier or postage can be arranged.
Please place orders a month in advance.
Order from:
South Africa (outside Gauteng)
Donna Hornby
Cell: 072 538 1707
Email: donnah@icon.co.za
South Africa (Gauteng)
Order from Thomas Maxwell Bistro
Thomas Baker
Tel: 011-784 1575
Cell: 083 654 8781
Email: thomas@thomasmaxwell.co.za
www.thomasmaxwell.co.za
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