If serving with mashed potatoes, stir 2 tablespoons of mustard into 4 cups mashed potatoes before serving..
Europe has a leg up on us.Think about wine, it’s been centuries.
Here, it’s a growing art form — not to say we’re not letting nature do most of the work, but there are ways we can improve.”.How do you make a tree produce truffles?.I tracked down Olivia Taylor of Virginia Truffles who works as the farm and business manager of the company her parents started as a nursery to sell trees to produce truffles.
“In Virginia, the area is pretty similar to the Perigord region of France, but we get a little bit colder.Our soil is a little different, too,” she tells me.. Over the years, Taylor decided the nursery wasn’t a big moneymaker as it was losing more than it was making, she shifted the business to truffle sales and agrotourism.
“I have three dogs trained to hunt truffles.
And two that are decorative.” Her primary truffle dog, Nadine, gets loose while we’re chatting on the phone and escapes through a gate, causing momentary panic.. Once all five dogs have been wrangled, Taylor gives me a scientific history lesson in inoculating trees to create truffles.(about 4 mushrooms) (from 1 [1-ounce] package).
(from 4 garlic cloves).Charred Broccoli.
fresh broccoli florets.(from 3 small heads broccoli [about 14 ounces]).