Cut one lb. of raw, peeled truffles into thick slices. Season them with salt and pepper, and cook them very gently in two oz. of butter and a few drops of burnt liqueur brandy.
Reduce to a stiff consistence one-half pint of cream with three tablespoonfuls of Béchamel sauce; add some truffle cooking-liquor and the necessary quantity of cream; complete with two oz. of best butter; mix the truffles with this sauce, and serve in a vol-au-vent crust.
[2278—TRUFFES A LA SERVIETTE]
Under this head are served “Truffes au Champagne,” the recipe for which is given above, but the champagne should be replaced by Madeira.
Dish them in a timbale, set in a napkin folded to represent an artichoke. But it would be very much more reasonable to serve “Truffes à la cendre” under this head, serving them under a folded napkin, as for “Pommes de terre en robe de chambre” (potatoes in their skins).
[2279—TIMBALE DE TRUFFES]
Line a buttered timbale mould with ordinary patty paste.
Garnish its bottom and sides with slices of bacon, and fill [672] ]up the mould with raw, peeled truffles, seasoned with salt and pepper.
Add a glassful of Madeira, two tablespoonfuls of pale chicken or veal glaze; cover with a slice of bacon, and close up the timbale, in the usual way, with a layer of paste.
[Gild] with beaten eggs, and bake in a hot oven for fifty minutes. When about to serve, turn out and dish on a napkin.