In a ruffle about truffle salt
Can't decide whether or not to buy this salt I saw at Whole Foods today.
Should I (it was $12.95) and why?
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12 Comments:
Do it. Oh lordie, do it. I've sprinkled it on everything from McDonald's french fries, to pasta (a little truffle salt, a little olive oil, a little cheese, and let's call it a meal), to steamed veggies. It's brilliant as a finishing salt. I will also admit that sometimes, I can be found finger deep in a small pile of truffle salt, licking my finger clean.
There's something about the smell of truffle that I find so incredibly appetizing. I don't care how full I am, if I smell truffle I get hungry. Since I can't possibly afford a chunk o' truffle to shave onto everything I cook, I get my kicks out of the truffle salt.
lorelei76 at 4:01PM on 04/15/08
I say do it, I have been looking for some around me in the UK and they are all near enough £10.00 ($20.00), I'm in the US soon, this is another thing added to my list :)
TheManchesterKitchen at 4:22PM on 04/15/08
We got truffle salt while on a trip to NYC. Got it at Dean & Deluca. How much would you get for $12.95? The one we got was $28(ish).
The truffle really lingers in your mouth. I use it on eggs (no more effective way to jazz up egg beaters), on anything of neutral flavor so the truffle can shine through.
chiff0nade at 5:10PM on 04/15/08
Dean & Deluca's is on the itinerary, I am going with my girlfriend who has been before, so it comes highly recommended.
TheManchesterKitchen at 5:20PM on 04/15/08
Hate to be an enabler but if you like the truffle salt, you must try Salish from saltworks. Same philosophy - use it on mildly flavored foods so it can shine.
Browse that site. I can hear blood pressure rising all over the place...
chiff0nade at 5:21PM on 04/15/08
Okay. The Kindergarten cook here - I purchased a bottle of truffle "flavored" oil once for a salad dressing recipe. It smelled SSSOOOO BAD! I hated the flavor too! Somebody help me!! What should I be tasting???? What would I find different in truffle salt?
izatryt at 6:41PM on 04/15/08
OH! It wasn't the most inexpensive really little bottle of oil I have ever purchased either!!
izatryt at 6:42PM on 04/15/08
@izatryt: If I remember the New York Times article correctly, most truffle oils aren't actually made from truffles. Instead, it is made from chemicals. Truffle salt is actually ground truffles and salt.
Someone please correct me if i am wrong!
pbisNOTmyname at 9:02PM on 04/15/08
Truffle salt is salt, truffles (BUT summer truffles- tuber aestivum - which are way less aromatic and therefore less expensive than the winter ones- tuber melanosporum), and truffle "aroma". Well, mine is anyway, but it is still goooooooood.
Truffle oils are indeed flavoured with truffle "aroma" which is manufactured. Unfortunately truffles are expensive and any product containing substantial amounts of winter truffle would also be correspondingly expensive.
@izatryt Truffle oils are prone to rancidity, so if yours was old or used an old base oil, it may well have been rancid and therefore quite horrid.
vegemite at 3:14AM on 04/16/08
It seems odd to pay so little for Truffle Salt. It is usually atleast 19 dollars. Maybe it is a small container. Is it worth it? It is not a salt that you will use everyday. The taste is very strong. It is a special ocassion salt. It adds a lot of flavor! Yeah, it's worth it. It will last forever too. Just keep it in your freezer.
Frantic foodie at 9:59AM on 04/16/08
Hi, Frantic Foodie---In the freezer, for real? And thanks everyone, for all your great suggestions. I'll ty 'em out this weekend.
bessfour at 4:45PM on 04/16/08
All I can say about that oil is: BLEH!!
izatryt at 7:59PM on 04/16/08