Michel Rostang’s (in)famous 98 € truffle sandwich.
Or specifically: “LE “SANDWICH” TIEDE A LA TRUFFE FRAÎCHE ” – note the sandwich is surrounded by quotes. Maybe it sounds fancy, since it is in French, but does not look like a hundred dollar sandwich to me.
Don’t get me wrong, I know those sliced black round things are truffles. I also know truffles are very very pricey. My parents educated me on the art of truffles (mushrooms) and how a truffle hog or truffle dog is relied upon to extract – not pick, but extract, these fungi (what? mushrooms are fungus).
Call me immature, but every time I see truffles on my plate, I picture a pig snorting its way through a forest, uncovering a truffle, attempting to gobble it down, the truffle hunter yanking the uneaten truffle out of the pig’s mouth, and the half eaten truffle ends up on our plates. Yes, totally untrue but I cannot help my imagination.
That said, those exposed truffles lying on the slice of crusty bread… is far from, well, appetizing. And just like the foie gras macaron or BLT cupcakes, some things should just not be combined, and this truffle sandwich is one of them.
Le quote un-quote sandwich tiede a la truffle fraiche should be renamed to what it really looks like. Le Gross.
Try the sandwich here.
“My parents educated me on the art of truffles (mushrooms).”
Your parents are obviously not good educators, because truffles are most certainly not the same thing as mushrooms. Do you also think that pears are a type of apple?
my parents educated me that truffles were crap. and they are.
Just dump all the pricey ingredient into any food and the food will become expensive too.