Mini Brioches with Truffle

Name: Mini Brioches with Truffle
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: salt and pepper to taste; salt and pepper to taste; 40 g soft butter, mixed with 1 tbsp truffle oil; 12 mini brioches; 1 small Alba truffle, cut into 12 thin slices; 40 g soft butter, mixed with 1 tbsp truffle oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Mushroom Book

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2005

About

I ate these mini brioches at a barin Florence, where they were filled with truffle butter and a slice of fresh truffle. They make very elegant and sophisticated ‘stuzzichini’ (appetisers), especially when served before dinner with a glass of good champagne.

Ingredients

12 mini brioches
40 g soft butter, mixed with 1 tbsp truffle o

Europe
Italy
Florence
Starter
Dinner
Vegetarian

Method

Slice the mini brioches in half, and spread one half of each with the truffle-flavoured butter. Place a truffle slice on top of the butter. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then replace the top - and enjoy.