La Sauce Périgueux

Périgueux truffle sauce

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Jeanne Strang

Published 1991

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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons goose or duck fat
  • 3 good-sized shallots, finely chopped
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Method

Even the smallest tin of truffles (25 g) will be enough but with 50 g you will be in for a régal, as they say.

For this sauce you will need two pans. In one melt a tablespoonful of the fat and soften the shallots over a very low heat until they are pliant and quite translucent. Turn