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Truffles Au Naturel

Truffles wrapped in bacon and oiled paper, baked or roasted.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 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. Wash and brush the truffles well.

  2. Wrap each truffle in a slice of bacon, then in several folds of oiled paper.

Cook and serve

  1. Place them in hot ashes and let them remain for 1 hour.

  2. Remove the paper and bacon, and serve.

  3. Alternatively, bake them in a 400°F (200°C) oven wrapped in bacon and paper, but they will require a longer time.

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
Provide the main flavour and aroma that the dish is built around.
Bacon
Adds fat and savoury flavour as it renders around the truffles.

“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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