Gilding dishes with truffle butter gives them rich, luxurious flavor. To play up the truffle flavor, keep the background simple.
Mashed potatoes are rainey‘s favorite vehicle for truffle butter. “It’s a simple, hardy base that really lets the truffle flavor take center stage,” she says. egging suggests making truffled french fries: Toss fries with a light coat of melted truffle butter and sprinkle with Parmesan.
SpareRib puts a pat on grilled steak, and uses it to finish pan sauces; Kelli2006 uses it to make hollandaise. AndrewK512 stirs it into a basic risotto, and several hounds like it in scrambled or shirred eggs.
maria lorraine puts it on popcorn, and recommends a suitable wine pairing: “Serve with bubbly.”
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