Special Occasions Recipes - Tagliatelle with Fresh Truffles Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 300 g/10 oz dried tagliatelle

• 125 g/4 oz truffles

• 125 g/4 oz butter

• 1/2 tablespoon truffle oil

• handful of flat leaf parsley, chopped

• 75 g/3 oz Parmesan cheese, grated

• salt and pepper

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Method:

1. Cook the pasta in a saucepan of lightly salted boiling water until al dente.

2. While the pasta is cooking, clean the truffles with a clean, dry soft brush, dusting away any dirt. Finely slice the truffles using a mandoline.

3. Drain the pasta, add the butter, truffle oil, parsley and Parmesan and season to taste with salt and pepper. Toss well.

4. Add half of the sliced truffles to the pasta and toss again. Serve garnished with the remaining truffles.

Note: Truffles are in season in the autumn and early winter months, and you can find them in specialist delicatessens. They are very expensive but a great treat. It really isn't worth using truffles from a can or jar as they bear no resemblance to the flavor of fresh truffles.