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Truffles Au Vin De Champagne

A stew of truffles simmered in champagne and stock, seasoned with bacon, salt, parsley, and scallions.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Truffle and champagne work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 120 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Truffles Au Vin De Champagne

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak the truffles in warm water and brush them clean, changing the water as needed.

  2. Drain the truffles and place them in a stew-pan lined with bacon slices.

Stew and serve

  1. Season with salt, parsley, and scallions, then add stock and champagne.

  2. Bring to a boil, cover with paper and a lid, and cook for 1 hour over low heat.

  3. Check for doneness by pressing the truffles; if tender, drain and serve in a folded napkin.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Truffle + champagnetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together120 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  2. Parsley + champagnetop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together156 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Truffle + parsleytop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,119 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Truffles
Main ingredient whose aroma defines the dish and which turns tender during slow cooking.
Champagne
Adds acidity and aromatic complexity to the cooking liquid.
Bacon
Releases fat and savoury flavour into the pan, seasoning the truffles as they cook.
Stock
Provides the liquid that gently braises the truffles and carries flavour.

The step that matters

Check for doneness by pressing the truffles. Truffles cooked too briefly stay firm, while overcooking breaks down their texture. Pressing them gently shows whether they are tender before draining and serving.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (truffle, champagne):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Clovefits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against truffle, champagne. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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