Auvergne Truffade: The Recipe That Warms You Up

Jean Le Dindon Chaudeyrolles

Auvergne Truffade! This dish that makes taste buds sing and pans dance. Here’s how to concoct this Auvergne masterpiece with a hint of mischief.

Ingredients:

1 kg of potatoes: Choose firm ones, like your determination to succeed with this dish.

400 g of fresh Auvergne tome cheese: The melting heart of our story.

2 cloves of garlic: To ward off vampires and bad vibes.

100 g of lardons: Because everything is better with bacon.

Salt and pepper: The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of your kitchen.

A bit of parsley: For a touch of greenery, and to pretend it’s healthy.

Instructions:

Preliminaries: Peel the potatoes and slice them into rounds, not too thin to avoid an identity crisis during cooking.

Thrill guaranteed: Fry the lardons in a large pan until crispy. Add minced garlic to make it sizzle in the pan.

Action!: Put the potatoes in, dance with them in the pan until they are golden and almost cooked. Patience and courage, art takes time.

The great love: Cover the potatoes with slices of fresh tome cheese. Let it melt gently, like your heart during a sunset in Auvergne.

Flamboyant finale: When everything is well melted and sticky, stir vigorously to mix the melted cheese with the potatoes. Serve hot, with a sprinkle of parsley to make it look pretty.

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