Win Some Winter Truffles!

by Monika Bartyzel (Subscribe to Monika Bartyzel's posts)
Posted Jan 17th 2009 11:03AM
Filed under: On the Blogs

Every time I see a truffle in the store, I stop and ponder buying one. Then I convince myself to hold off -- rationalizing that I should have a killer recipe to use it in first, and some people to share the flavor experience with. It's just too pricey to throw into my basket all willy nilly.

Which is why I'm sharing this foodie dream: MarxFoods.com is having a contest where you can win fresh truffles -- a whopping 1/4 lb. of truffles, to be exact. Better yet, all you have to do is leave a comment on the website's blog by noon on January 26th to be eligible. This is one of those "Why the hell not?" sort of contests. How could you really miss a chance to get free truffles?

Oh yes -- I guess I should share the type of truffles they're giving away: Black Winter Truffles, which you can see in the image above. How appropriate is that!? Good luck, and if you happen to win, I'd love you forever if you invited me over for dinner. *flutters eyelashes*

*EDIT: You must comment on the MARXFOODS website. This is not a Slashfood contest.

Tags: Black Winter Truffles, BlackWinterTruffles, contest, MarxFoods, truggles

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1-27-2009 @ 9:58AM

Scott said...

I don't know if anyone's reading this thread anymore, but here's the thing: HOLY CRAP, I just won the truffles. WHOOOOOOA. And now I need ideas! I've enjoyed them in restaurants so very very much, but never been able to afford buying them, particularly not fresh ones. So help! I need some ideas for what I should do with truffles, and what I should not do to avoid wrecking such precious, precious delicacies.

1-27-2009 @ 10:54AM

Kat Kinsman said...

Congratulations! That's fabulous! I'll round up my fellow Slashfood writers and we'll do our best to help you.

BTW, the new Chanterelle cookbook is LOADED with great truffle recipes if you need inspiration.

1-27-2009 @ 12:04PM

Scott said...

Thanks, Kat! I'm very excited, and have a few ideas (risotto, baked chicken w/truffles under the skin, and black truffle creme brulee are current front-runners), but would love any help I can get. I'm totally nervous about cooking with such an expensive thing... I'm nervous cooking with vanilla beans, even, and those cost maybe 1% of what these do. Thanks for the kind offer! And many, MANY thanks to Monika for posting this contest! WOO!

1-27-2009 @ 12:15PM

Marisa McClellan said...

Scott, I just wanted to second Kat's congratulations. That's so awesome that you won the truffles. We'll see if we can't put some recipe suggestions together for you!

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