Is truffle butter made from mushrooms?

Truffle butter is simply butter that’s mixed with truffle oil, truffle pieces, or both. Many times truffle butter also includes chopped mushrooms, truffle aroma, olive oil, and salt, but that will depend on the particular recipe.

What truffle butter does Ina Garten use?

Urbani White Truffle Butter
Urbani White Truffle Butter, 3 ounces.

What do you use truffle butter for?

Truffle Butter Serving Suggestions A little goes a long way.), scrambled eggs, mac and cheese, for dipping seafood (hello, lobster and shrimp!) Sides: grilled vegetables like asparagus, sauteed mushrooms, risotto, butter sauce, polenta, french fries (or mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes – any kind of potatoes!)

How long does truffle butter last?

Truffle butter with fresh truffles will keep for 1-2 weeks in the fridge. To store it longer, freeze it for up to 3 months. If you want the butter to be softer and more spreadable, add the additional truffle oil or some olive oil.

Where does Ina Garten buy her truffle butter?

Garten told House Beautiful that she orders her white truffle butter online at dartagnan.com or urbanitrufflesonline.com. The D’Artagnan option comes in a three-ounce tub for $9.99 or a one-pound log for $29.99. The pricier option comes for Urbani Truffles, the largest distributor of fresh truffles in the world.

What pasta does Ina Garten use?

Garten’s original recipe recommends angel hair pasta, but, as she said during the Q&A, capellini also works great. And the recipe couldn’t be more simple. All you do is prep the garlic and basil and throw them in a bowl with your tomatoes, olive oil, and seasoning.

Where do you put truffle butter?

Truffle butter can be used instead of butter in almost any savory dish, and is particularly good when melted into eggs, polenta, pasta, and risotto; served in a pat on top of grilled meat; or spread under poultry skin before roasting.

Should truffle butter be refrigerated?

Truffle butter should be refridgerated. At higher temperatures, many of the aromatic compounds in the truffle butter will volatilaze and be released into the air. While it might smell great to keep your truffle butter at room temperature, it will be losing flavor and fragrance over time. Keep it in the fridge!

Why is truffle butter so expensive?

Pound for pound, truffle is one of the most expensive foods you can buy. The reason behind such high costs is the scarcity of the produce, truffles are seasonal, extremely difficult to grow and take many years to cultivate.