Truffle Recipes

About

Black truffles and others are not exactly a wild mushroom in the normal sense-they're an edible underground orb of mycelium. There's many different types of truffles around the world, and all of them have slightly different properties.

Fresh Honey Truffles Mattirolomyces terfezioides

Fresh Hungarian honey truffles.

Tips for cooking with truffles

Keep it simple. Truffles don't like a lot of different flavors and if you add too many things to a dish you won't taste them. One of the best truffle recipes I know of is a simple pasta with butter and cheese.

The flavor doesn't last. No matter what kind you have, the flavor will decline as you have them. Use and process them within a few days of purchasing.
Black truffles can be cooked or used raw, white truffles are always used raw.
They love creamy sauces, and side dishes like risotto.
Instead of cooking with them like a mushroom, imagine you're cooking with perfume. If you store eggs, butter, or grate some into cream it will perfume them.
Store fresh truffles in a plastic bag with a paper towel spritzed with water.

Truffle oil and butter one of the easiest ways to stretch your precious mushrooms.

Classic Recipes

Black Truffle Butter

Black Truffle Ice Cream

How to Make Truffle Oil

Unique Varieties

I've eaten a number of unique varieties from around the world. Here's two that are worth trying.

Honey Truffles

Blue Ridge Truffles: A New Forest Crop

sliced blue ridge truffles fanned out on a board

Blue Ridge truffs from Appalachia.