Making the most of truffles

3seeds chef Andrew Haskins has been experimenting with truffle for 10 years and says it's all about infusions. One 50gm piece of truffle can be divided into four and each piece used for three infusions. He shares his step-by-step process to get the most out of your truffle, transforming eggs, oil, brie, chocolate, cream, cheese, honey, risotto rice, butter and salt.

First off... buy a 50gm truffle and cut into four evenly sized pieces, which we'll call truffleshuffle, trufflehound, trufflekerfuffle and trufferific, just for a bit of fun.

Step One - first infusion...

Truffleshuffle goes into a glass gar with eight whole eggs. The perfume will infuse the egg and subtly flavour the raw egg. â€¨

Trufflehound goes into a glass jar with 500mls of cream.â€¨

Trufflekerfuffle is infused in a glass jar with percorino or gruyere cheese.â€¨

Trufferific is infused in a glass jar with 500 gms of dark chocolate pieces.

After four days, remove the truffle, rinse under cold water, and dry extremely well.

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Step two - second infusion...

Truffleshuffle is infused in glass with good quality olive oil which can be used for dressing, marinating and splashing.â€¨

Trufflehound is finely sliced and put through a quality brie (1300gm). Wrap the brie back in it's original wrapper, then glad wrap and refrigerate. Brie will be ready to eat in three days.â€¨

Trufflekerfuffle is infused with good quality local honey, again glass, refrigerated.â€¨

Trufferific is placed in good quality risotto rice, in glass jar.

After four days, remove the truffle, rinse under cold water, and dry extremely well.

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Final step - final infusion!

Truffleshuffle is finely grated with 300gm of quality unsalted butter, and whipped in a mix master (aeration helps in carrying the aroma). â€¨Trufflehound is finely grated into a good quality salt. Use Ollsons or Murray River Salt. Keep chilled and in glass or freeze for a prolonged aroma. Then store in the fridge. â€¨

Trufflekerfuffle is shaved into a good quality vodka (glass). This will preserve the truffle for up to three months. â€¨

Trufferific is shaved onto any array of dishes, perhaps truffle eggs, risotto.. you name it. â€¨â€¨