Agnello al Tartufo Nero

Lamb with Black Truffle

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

  • About

This rich and delicious dish of roasted lamb flavoured with mushrooms and truffle really shows off the very best of the cuisine of Umbria. This is without doubt a grand recipe of the upper-class kitchens of the region, and is a sharp contrast to the simple, basic recipes of the neighbouring peasant and shepherd communities. If fresh truffle is not available, it is always better to use a truffle butter rather than truffle oil, which is sometimes so full of chemical ingredients that it can be