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Truffles Au Naturel

Truffles au naturel are truffles wrapped in buttered paper and baked until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Truffles Au Naturel

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Select fine truffles and wash them thoroughly with a brush in several waters until no sand or grit remains.

  2. Wrap each truffle in buttered paper.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a hot oven at 400°F (200°C) for 1 hour.

  2. Remove the paper, wipe the truffles, and serve them in a hot 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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Truffles
Are the main ingredient, cooked gently in their wrapping so their aroma concentrates and they become tender.
Buttered paper
Wraps each truffle so it steams in its own moisture and the butter keeps the paper from sticking.

The step that matters

Wrapping each truffle in buttered paper. The paper must cover each truffle fully so it steams in its own juices and keeps its aroma. Gaps let the aroma escape and can leave the truffle drier and less fragrant.

“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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