Trifola d'Alba Madonna

I just got back from the Alba Truffle festival in Italy with a handful of delicious white and black autumn truffles, and since they don’t last long and because they taste amazing we had a truffle fest in our house with some special friends a few weeks ago.

The starter was a cauliflower and mascarpone soup with crispy pancetta and a good helping of black truffle.

That was followed with the traditional Piedmontese Tarajin – pasta which they say can contain up to 40 egg yolks per kg – mine was a bit lighter at only 32 !! and was served simply with butter and a thick covering of white truffle.

For the main course it was simplest of all - a white truffle classic - scrambled eggs, asparagus and freshly made sour dough with generous shavings of the truffle.

When it comes to truffles good simple ingredients well cooked is all you really need ....... joined with maybe a large glass of Barolo, what could be better.

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