Olive Oil with Truffles
"From Aglaia Kremezi. This luxurious oil will taste best if you make it with fresh truffles, but it can also be made with good-quality whole truffles preserved in brine. To make truffle-flavoured bruschetta, toast slices of country bread, then, while they are still warm, rub a halved garlic clove over them and drizzle with this oil. Serve as an appetizer. For a real treat, mix a few tablespoonfuls of the oil with butter when making scrambled eggs. This has a 3-5 day standing time."
- Ready In:
- 13mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
1 cup
ingredients
- 2 -3 truffles in brine
- 1 cup fruity extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh coarsely-ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Thinly slice the truffles.
- In a small frying pan, warm 4 tblsps of the olive oil over low heat, then add the sliced truffles and the pepper.
- Cook gently for a few minutes, watching carefully so that truffles don’t brown.
- Don’t let the mixture get too hot.
- Remove from the heat, let cool a little, and mix with remaining olive oil.
- Pour into a clean and dry 1-cup bottle and let stand 3-5 days, shaking from time to time.
- Store in a cool, dark place.
- This oil will keep for 6 months to a year.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
Really really easy to do. Either my olive oil was too strong, which is possible, I used a very good one, or my truffles too small, but I would have liked a bit more truffle taste after steeping. But no problem, I'll just let it steep longer! And if I can get another couple of truffles, throw them in too! Made some very chic canapés for dinner this weekend though. I drizzled the oil on good bread slices, then topped with a slice of truffle.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
<style>body { background: url("http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3512121819_f2f1aaf050.jpg?v=0"); background-repeat: repeat-y; }</style>
OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
