{"id":1331,"date":"2017-08-23T00:23:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T00:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifafa.us\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2017-09-25T07:10:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:10:55","slug":"spaghetti-with-black-truffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/?p=1331","title":{"rendered":"Spaghetti with Black Truffles"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2 fresh black truffles<\/td>\n<td>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00bd cup extra virgin olive oil<\/td>\n<td>Salt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1 lb. spaghetti (dry)<\/td>\n<td>grated Pecorino cheese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Brush truffles very gently to clean them.\u00a0Using a mandoline or truffle grater, slice truffles as thinly as possible into a bowl, pour in the olive oil, and cover with plastic wrap. Allow mixture to sit at room temperature for a few hours to infuse the truffle flavor into the olive oil. (If you cannot find fresh truffles, substitute \u00bd c truffle oil for this step, perhaps adding some porcini or other flavorful mushroom shavings, but it won\u2019t be quite the same.)<\/p>\n<p>Cook the spaghetti according to package instructions. Remove 2 tablespoons of the truffle olive oil (with no truffles) and heat it in a skillet with the garlic, gently cooking the garlic until softened.\u00a0Do not burn the garlic.\u00a0Remove from the heat and add the truffles with the rest of the olive oil. <em>(Truffles should never be \u201ccooked,\u201d just gently warmed so that you don\u2019t destroy their delicate flavor.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When the spaghetti is cooked, drain and add to the truffle and olive oil along with a splash of the cooking water, and gently reheat over very low heat.\u00a0 Serve with grated pecorino at the table.<\/p>\n<p>Serves 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 fresh black truffles 2 cloves garlic, minced \u00bd cup extra virgin olive oil Salt 1 lb. spaghetti (dry) grated Pecorino cheese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifafa.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}