Truffle Season

I went to the market today and took a look at their mushroom offering. They had quite a variety and it all made my mouth water...I should make a mushroom pie...with 20 different kinds of mushrooms and hanger steak bits filled in.

So among the mushrooms, there was this little box of mushroom that kinda was all on its own. I took a closer look and imagine my surprise when I saw that it was a BLACK TRUFFLE! If you are a gourmand, you will know truffles are like the holy grail of food...put it on anything and it will instantaneously transform into fine cuisine...if you ever made a bet where you stake eating a shoe if you lost, well fear no more, add truffle and that shoe will taste like...er chicken.

So back to the mushroom pie...so I'd make a butter/wine/truffle reduction sauce as pie filling....does that not sound good? Well, better than truffle and shoe at least

It was $300 per pound and this little beauty was $15 worth. I was sorely tempted to buy it, but I don't know what to do with it, I've never cooked with truffles before, but I did just buy a pound of hanger steak...hmmm...butter, wine, truffle reduction sauce over tasty steak...

Good Truffles also depend alot on where it came from and the season. It's truffle season now and the best black truffles are from France and Europe...viva la france. Unfortunately, this baby had no country of origin sticker, passport or any other form of identification.

Boy you shoulda smelled it, it was so good, even though it was chilled.