Chestnuts with Truffles

Ingredients

• 12 to 16oz. of fat bacon
• two minced shallots
• twenty to thirty cooked chestnuts
• 4oz. of truffles

Method

1. 1

   Toss the fat bacon and shallots over the fire till lightly coloured, then add the cooked chestnuts and truffles.

2. 2

   Season to taste with black pepper, salt, and a little powdered spice and herbs.

3. 3

   Stir altogether over the fire for a few minutes, then use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "Queen" cookery books: Vegetables (1902) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chestnuts with truffles. — Toss 12 to 16oz. of fat bacon (cut into dice, with two minced shallots) over the fire till lightly coloured, then add twenty to thirty cooked chestnuts, also cut into dice, and 4oz. of truffles

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