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Bagna cauda recipe: Asti's slow garlic and anchovy dip
Piedmont's autumn starter comes down to one technique: garlic and anchovies melted into olive oil over the lowest flame. Here it is for four, with the vegetables to dip.
World Truffle Auction returns to Grinzane Cavour on 8 November
The charity sale that closes Alba's truffle fair moves to its 27th edition at the UNESCO-listed castle, a year after its top lot sold for €110,000 to a buyer in Hong Kong.
Alba's white truffle fair runs to December in its 96th year
The World Truffle Market, chef-led dinners and cooking classes keep the Langhe hills busy through December 6, as this year's harvest finds its price.
Vitello tonnato recipe: Piedmont's cold veal in tuna sauce
Poached veal, sliced thin and dressed in a creamy anchovy-caper-tuna sauce. No mayonnaise, no shortcuts, just a classic that outgrew Piedmont.
Risotto al tartufo bianco: Piedmont's plainest great dish
A classic Piedmontese risotto built to carry raw white truffle, not compete with it. Rice, stock, butter and nothing that would get in the way.
Tajarin al tartufo: Piedmont's yolk-rich pasta technique
Alba's 96th white truffle fair opens this month, the moment to explain why tajarin dough runs on egg yolks alone, rested until silky and thin.
Alba white truffle price nears €550 as drought bites
Early Tuber magnatum is trading at €350-550 per 100g as the 96th Alba fair opens, after a dry summer left hunters waiting on rain to boost November's harvest.
Torta di nocciole recipe: Cortemilia's Piedmont hazelnut cake
Toasted hazelnuts make up 40 per cent of this Alta Langa farmhouse cake, so the nuts decide everything: how they are roasted, skinned and ground.
Alba white truffle season opens at record prices
Prices are averaging €1,853 a kilogram this season, setting up an expensive run into the region's 96th truffle fair, which opens in October and runs into December.
Tajarin recipe with white truffle from the Langhe
The Piedmontese egg noodle is almost all yolk, cut by hand and dressed in nothing but emulsified butter. The truffle goes on at the table, never in the pan.
Alba white truffle fair runs from 10 October to 6 December
The 96th edition opens the season in Piedmont with nine weekends of market trading, a quality commission on the tables and the charity auction on 8 November.
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