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picture below: details of some nice scrambled eggs with slices
of truffle
 Food
Truffles are one of the most prized
food ingredients. They provide powerful and elegant flavours
and can be used in a wide range of different dishes. They can
be eaten just on their own with a pinch of sea salt and some
Olive oil on toasted bread, or combined with salads, fishes,
meats, eggs or pasta. The key idea is to not overpower the delicate
truffle flavours with others in the dish. Make sure you keep
it simple, and let the truffle be the major flavour. To know
more about truffles, click here.
Wine and Food
It is possible to match different wines with truffle dishes
based on similar flavours in the wines. And yes, there are a
few wines which include truffle aroma in their fragrance, along
with mushroom and undergrowth aromas which are quite close to
truffle. Examples are old Cahors wines made in the South West
of France from Malbec as the major grape variety, or white Hermitage
wines made in the Rhone Valley in France from Marsanne and Roussane
grape varieties which both have sometimes some truffle character
to them. Fine and old Pinot Noir wines from Burgundy also possess
these mushroom and farmyard flavours which work well with truffle.
White or Red?
The question of choosing a red or white wine to pair it with
the truffle dish must be based on your taste first. You then
need to integrate the type of food used: is it heavy or light,
with sauce or without. Lighter truffle dishes with fish, seafood
and poultry will probably work better with whites when thicker
and tighter food such as red meats with deeper sauces will work
better with reds.
Some of the best examples of wines matching truffles include:
Whites
Northern Rhône region in France - Hermitage and St Joseph
wines with at least 5 to 7 years of age.
Southern Rhône region in France – Châteauneuf
du Pape with at least 5 to 7 years of age.
Côte de Beaune – Burgundy France – Meursault,
Puligny Montrachet and Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru or Grand
Cru.
Reds
Bordeaux area / France – Old vintages of Pomerol and St
Emilion.
Burgundy area / France - Old vintages of 1er Cru and Grand Cru
from Côte d'Or (in Gevrey Chambertin, Vougeot, and Vosne
Romanée for instance)
Rhône Valley / France - Old vintages of Hermitage and
Châteauneuf du Pape.
South West / France - Old vintages of Cahors.
Piedmont / Italy - Old vintages of Barolo.
Tuscany / Italy - Old vintages of Brunello di Montalcino.
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