Bread and butter? Pfft. Slice, spread, done. A five-year-old can make that. That’s why bread and butter sits over by the door at all the fancy parties, for people who want to grab a bite as they’re being escorted out for not being cool enough. Take two, oh common man, as long as you take them to go.
Aux Délices des Bois Black and White Truffle Butter? THAT is the sort of condiment that makes a party. What? Don’t you get it? Well, have you ever cooked with truffle butter? No? Well, take heed at this juncture. Truffle butter has its rules. It has its demands, just like any superstar.
The black truffle butter is earthy with hints of chocolate. Throw it on while the food’s still hot, but after it’s been fully cooked. Maybe a rub on the skin of your turkey or a dollop on a just-finished steak. Maybe whip it into your potatoes or drop it onto scrambled eggs. Good for a sauce, or a soup, or just some kitchen experimentation, which is our 2nd favorite kind of experimentation.
The white truffle butter’s the other way around: it’s full and strong with pungent garlic-ful tastes. It’ll help pastas that are still scalding from the boil, or vegetables like asparagus and artichokes. Fresh fish, hearty risotto, even your simple bowl of green beans might take a punch from this flavor.
Aux Délices des Bois Black and White Truffle Butter isn’t the easy-to-use can’t-screw-it-up butter we’re all used to eating. But you know what? It doesn’t taste like normal butter either. You’ve got a violent shove of flavor going on here. It may be difficult to handle, but ultimately your food will be better for it.
Features
Black Truffle Butter
With hints of chocolate, this earthy black truffle butter delivers its most volatile notes when slipped into hot foods at the last moment. Its all-time best use (for carnivores) is on steak. Drop a dollop on steak as it’s pulled off the fire, wrap in foil for 10 minutes, and enjoy. The Black can be lavished over the skin of roasted chicken or turkey, as featured in Gourmet Magazine in their Thanksgiving 2008 feature. Layer it with potatoes, whip into potato, yam, or cauliflower puree. Top a creamy soup with a pat, stir it into a pan juices for a heady sauce, and melt on scrambled eggs and omelets.
White Truffle Butter
White truffle butter stands alone; it does not need a sauce to release its garlicky, pungent powerhouse. It is best tossed with still-dripping hot pasta or just-finished risotto. White butter transforms plain fish, and pushes veggies like asparagus, green beans, and artichokes front and center on the table.
Ingredients include fresh-churned Wisconsin butter and high quality truffles. No soy sauce is used, a plus for those concerned by allergies. Truffle pieces are in plain view, so customers can see what they are getting.
Who knew? Aux Délices des Bois Truffle Butter won the specialty food industry’s sofi award for the best new product of the year. Since then, it’s been integrated into every trend, whether here to stay or out like a shot. Truffle butters add a jolt of much needed flavor to everything but breakfast cereal. Some ideas:
- “Soup Wontons” – we challenge you to find a more exotic flavor splurting out of a wonton
- Ancient Grains – spike cooked grains with a fortifying blast
- Go Cruciferous – parsnip puree, cauliflower steak, turnip millefeuille
- Leafy Greens – still bucking kale revolution? Butter makes everything better
Specs
In the box:
- (1) Aux Délices des Bois Black Truffle Butter, 8 oz.
- (1) Aux Délices des Bois White Truffle Butter, 8 oz.
Specs
In the box:
- (1) Aux Délices des Bois Black Truffle Butter, 8 oz.
- (1) Aux Délices des Bois White Truffle Butter, 8 oz.
Vendor Details
Aux Délices des Bois
- Owner:
- Thierry Farges
- Founded:
- 1987
- Location:
- New York, NY
Sales Stats
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- 5m 21.440s
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