Florek put this idea in my head this morning, recalling fantastic pasta we once had in Florence- with shaved truffles. I had a £25 voucher for Waitrose and I thought it would be a good way of spending it- on some truffles. I ended up getting 2 different kinds of truffle paste, a cheapish one from Sacla, containing a smear of black truffles which helped to make us a lovely lunch.  The other one, porcini mushroom paste with white truffles will go into a sauce this evening.  For lunch meanwhile we had a simple pizza, dough made to usual recipe, but with less flour, as it’s lunch, not dinner. I skipped tomato sauce entirely and smeared the paste on the dough, then grated some gruyere on that, some cherry tomatoes, shallot rings and after it baked, some shredded iberico ham.  Finished with some black pepper and a drizzle of truffle oil. Yummmmm.

More truffles tonight. 🙂