black truffle sauce
From vino4dino 17 years ago
- 75 minutes to make
- Serves 6
an accompaniment for Crown of Shrimp with Truffle Sauce. • Sauce can be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat over low heat, stirring. • Freeze any remaining sauce for another use.
Ingredients
- 1 leek (white and pale green parts only), finely chopped shopping list
- 1 3/4 cups finely chopped shallot (10 oz) shopping list
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 cups dry white wine shopping list
- 2 large fresh thyme sprigs shopping list
- 1 1/4 oz preserved black truffles (preferably winter truffles), finely chopped shopping list
- 4 cups chicken stock or low-sodium chicken broth shopping list
- 4 cups heavy cream shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon black or white truffle oil, or to taste shopping list
How to make it
- Wash chopped leek in a bowl of cold water, then lift out and drain (do not pat dry). Steam leek, shallot, and garlic (in any water clinging to leeks) in a 4-quart heavy saucepan, covered, over low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 6 minutes. Add wine, thyme, and truffles and boil, uncovered, until most of liquid is evaporated, about 12 minutes.
- Add stock and boil until reduced to about 2 cups, about 25 minutes.
- Stir in cream and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to about 2 3/4 cups, about 40 minutes. Pour mixture through a fine sieve into another saucepan, pressing on and discarding solids. Whisk in truffle oil and season with salt and pepper.
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Beautiful recipe baby, but I can't afford black truffles either.
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aren't truffles a bit expensive? can I substitute something else? struggling grad student here
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