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Truffles in Champagne

A historical recipe from Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen, by Janet Ross.

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A historical recipe

Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen; or, How to cook vegetables, by Janet Ross. Project Gutenberg eBook #69370.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Also printed in: Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen (1900).

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Wash and brush well twelve truffles in warm water, then rinse them in cold water and drain.
  2. Lay slices of bacon in the bottom of a stew-pan, and place the truffles on them.
  3. Put in a bouquet, sprinkle with a little salt, add some good stock, half a bottle of champagne, and boil.
  4. Cover the pan well, put fire above and below, and cook for one hour.
  5. See whether they are done (they should yield to the touch), then drain well, and serve in a folded napkin.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Colander
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Leaves from our Tuscan kitchen, by Janet Ross. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #69370 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69370). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.