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published: Aug 17, 2021 · modified: Jul 5, 2022 by Freya · This post may contain affiliate links ·

What Can I Cook with Salsa Truffina?

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What can I cook with Salsa Truffina? Salsa Truffina is a heady sauce from Italy made from local mushrooms, truffles and olive oil. Texture wise, it resembles a bronze coloured pesto and has an earthy, sensual fragrance that is delicately translated when added to pasta or combined with, for example, spinach (as the recipe prepared by myself, below).

What Do Truffles Smell Like?

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For those who have had the opportunity to smell fresh Truffle, it is an unforgettable scent that is primitively evocative. Indeed, it was a brave man who tried many things for the first time, not least of all, the grubby, nubbly truffle, which is nothing to look at, and in truth, probably smells quite repulsive to some people. However, he (or she) was rewarded with a gift from nature that is worth perhaps more than an emerald or ruby, assuming, of course, that he (or she) had impeccable culinary tastes. Dogs love to sniff out truffles, and once my greyhound, after several days of insane snortling at a particular tree stump, unearthed one. Yes, you can find truffles in England!

What Do Truffles Taste Like?

It is almost impossible to fully describe the taste of a truffle, but it lends an indelibly savoury, muskiness to any dish that it is added to, whether as a grated flourish on top of risotto or, for the poorer man, some Salsa Truffina stirred into pasta. I recently purchased a small glass jar of Salsa Truffina (literally, Truffle Sauce) from the exotic section of delicacies in Sainsbury’s but it is also available to buy online or from your local specialist food shop.

I had wanted to try a recipe that I read about in Tessa Kiro’s Falling Cloudberries (which is a wonderful collection of recipes gathered from Sweden, Italy, Greece and South Africa. It is far more coherent and eclectic than her latest book, Apples for Jam, which looks lovely but is perhaps a bit too twee and simplified for some tastes), Spinach and Truffle Triangles, hence the purchase and before trying the sauce I did wonder if perhaps I had purchased an ingredient that was a touch too recherché to be ever used again. Not to mention it was over £9.00, which is quite expensive, even if it is a truffle-based product in a perfectly darling little glass jar with lots of gold on it.

However, after devoting some time lovingly making the rough puff pastry (although, in fact, I actually knocked it up in my lunch-hour after walking my dogs and having lunch itself, and it still turned out delicious despite being rushed), which is really the only complicated part of the whole procedure I thought to myself: there’s no turning back now.

What Can I Cook with Salsa Truffina?

After work, I started to prep dinner, which was a veganised mushroom risotto (from Delia’s Winter Collection), so whilst the onions and mushrooms were sweating down, I started to roll out the pastry for the Truffle Pasties.

How do you Make Vegan Rough Puff Pastry?

How to Make Vegan Rough Puff Pastry

I have detailed the full procedure here, but if I can make rough puff pastry in 10 minutes flat, then so can anyone. I must confess that as I started the recipe, I thought the pastry was going to be a bog-standard shortcrust but as I went on, the folding and turning of the butter into the flour made me realise that I was already part way through making something a bit different that I had never made before and that yes, I had made the rash decision to prepare in my lunch-hour.

Anyway, the filling of these delectable morsels comprised of finely chopped spinach mixed with a tablespoon of the truffle sauce, some truffle oil and some diced Mozzarella. The pastry is cut into squares, filled with the mixture, folded into a triangle, brushed with egg and baked for about 10 minutes. It is incredibly hard to resist biting into one once removed from the oven but if you wait, the flavours develop and then pop! in your mouth. Furthermore, if you are worried about using up the rest of your Salsa Truffina, may I suggest stirring it through pasta or in the filling of my vegan quiche for a mindblowing yet simple supper.

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What Can I Cook with Salsa Truffina?
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Vegan Spinach and Truffle Triangles

YIELD 16 triangles
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
How to make delicious and easy truffle triangles

Ingredients

  • 1 Rough Puff Pastry click here for recipe
  • 300 g Spinach fresh, cooked in boiling, salted water for five minutes, drained well, half chopped finely, half left as is
  • 1 tablespoon Salsa Truffina
  • 1 teaspoon Truffle Oil or use olive oil
  • 100 g Mozzarella vegan, or greek style cheese, cut into small cubes
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 180c
  • To make the filling, mix the finely chopped spinach into the pearly white cubes of Mozzarella, add the Salsa Truffina, Truffle Oil, the rest of the spinach and season well.
  • Remove the pastry from the fridge.
  • Flour your work surface, hands and rolling pin.
  • Roll the rested pastry out until it is about 30cm x 30cm or thereabouts. I had to do mine in two lots, as my work surface is tiny! The pastry should be very thin, maybe 1mm thick
  • Cut into squares 4” x 4” and place each square onto a baking tray.
  • Put a tablespoon of mixture in the centre of each square and fold over the pastry over to form a triangle.
  • Press down the edges firmly to seal and brush with unsweetened plant-based milk
  • This should make about 16 pastries, but I only ended up making 13 because of space limitations and also because the remaining pastry stuck to the board under the warmth of the lights. It is always the first rule of pastry making to keep things cold, cold, cold! Perhaps this is why pies are best in the wintertime?
  • Place in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and puffy but firm. Leave to cool for about 5 minutes (or as long as you can bear – remember they are filled with molten Mozzarella at this point!!). Eat them and weep.

Notes

Note: the nutritional numbers are incorrect for this as they are calculated automatically. The app has not identified salsa truffina. 
RECIPE BY Freya

Nutrition

Calories: 25kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 54mg | Potassium: 109mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1800IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg
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How to Make Vegan Salsa Truffina Triangles

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  1. Jerika says

    August 18, 2021 at 7:01 am

    5 stars
    I can't wait to try these vegan spinach and truffle triangles with salsa truffina.:) Thank you for the tips on what to cook with salsa truffina.

    Reply
  2. Kay says

    August 18, 2021 at 7:41 am

    5 stars
    Oh, I love truffles and spinach too! So having them wrapped up together in a triangle of pastry is like a bite of heaven for me!
    So good, making a double batch of these next time!

    Reply
  3. Amy says

    August 18, 2021 at 8:21 am

    5 stars
    Yum! What a great recipe. I laughed at your comment about how the first person to ever try truffles was a brave man! In my family we always talk about the first person to ever bite into a raw onion! LOL. The last time I was in Florence I saw white truffle for Euro 350,000 a gram! Wowzers! I'll stick to the bottled kind when I make these yummy triangles.

    Reply
  4. Lucy says

    August 18, 2021 at 9:47 am

    5 stars
    I've never heard of salsa truffina before but you've sold it to me, it sounds delicious and I can't wait to try it! I didn't realise how quick making your own rough pastry was. This is the perfect meal prep idea, it's so easy to make a large batch and have snacks and dinner prepped for the week.

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  5. Mihaela | https://theworldisanoyster.com/ says

    August 18, 2021 at 9:52 am

    5 stars
    I love truffles, and the last time I saw a few was this past Sunday in the Forest of Dean, freshly unhearted by wild boar (which, luckily, I did not meet face to face! Haha). Now I feel sorry that I did not pick them up to use for this salsa:(

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  6. Jeri says

    August 18, 2021 at 10:10 pm

    5 stars
    I have never had truffles, but I have added them to my grocery list! These Spinach and Truffle Triangles look delicious!

    Reply
  7. Jean says

    August 19, 2021 at 2:02 am

    5 stars
    will have to look for the ingredients in our local grocery, this recipe looks so tempting for me.

    Reply
  8. Kayla DiMaggio says

    August 19, 2021 at 12:22 pm

    5 stars
    Totally in love with these triangle truffles! Such a fun and fresh idea for an appetizer! Planning a party this weekend and have them on the menu!

    Reply
  9. Nora says

    August 19, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    5 stars
    Those bites turned out perfectly! Will make them again soon!

    Reply
  10. Anaiah says

    August 20, 2021 at 6:26 am

    5 stars
    Wow! These spinach truffle triangles turned out so amazing. Perfect finger foods for my toddler and make great appetizer ideas!

    Reply
  11. Alexandra says

    August 20, 2021 at 6:30 am

    5 stars
    Love these savoury bites - so tasty!

    Reply
  12. Anna says

    August 20, 2021 at 8:26 am

    5 stars
    This looks absolutely delicious!

    Reply
  13. Kay says

    August 20, 2021 at 8:57 am

    5 stars
    These savoury bites were amazing!!

    Reply
  14. Elle @ Spice and Life says

    August 20, 2021 at 9:07 am

    5 stars
    Love this recipe! It is so tasty and easy to make I prepared them for an aperitif with friends and they were gone in no time!

    Reply
  15. Audrey says

    August 20, 2021 at 12:17 pm

    5 stars
    Yum! Such good flavors

    Reply
  16. Pam Greer says

    August 20, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    5 stars
    Such fantastic flavors in this!

    Reply
  17. Michael DiMaggio says

    August 21, 2021 at 2:44 pm

    5 stars
    I have never heard of salsa truffina before but this was delicious! Can't wait to make it again!

    Reply
  18. Jen says

    August 22, 2021 at 9:40 am

    5 stars
    I enjoyed reading all the details this recipe have, excited to try them.

    Reply
  19. Elizabeth says

    August 22, 2021 at 2:02 pm

    5 stars
    So delicious! We loved it!

    Reply
  20. Rosie says

    August 22, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    5 stars
    These were fantastic! So good!

    Reply
  21. Toni says

    August 23, 2021 at 1:01 pm

    5 stars
    This was really good! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply

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