Champagne Risotto with Perigord Truffles

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Le Caprice

By AA Gill and Mark Hix

Published 1999

  • About

Do not try to use preserved truffles for this recipe as there will be no comparison in flavour.

It would be like serving Babycham instead of Champagne.

Ingredients

For the Mushroom Stock

  • 2 onions, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 leek, trimmed, washed and roughly chopped
  • 1 clove

Method

First make the stock. Gently cook the onions, leek and garlic in the vegetable oil without colouring until soft.

Add the rest of the ingredients, then pour in about 2 litres of water, bring to the boil and simmer for 1 hour, skimming occasionally.

Strain through a fine-meshed sieve and keep hot if using straight away.

The stock should be strong in flavour: if it is not,