Donald Russell- a welcome visitor from Scotland

A few days ago Donald Russell from Scotland was

paying a visit to our little Berlin apartment.

That's one of the best beef you can get, 

especially in Europe/Germany. 

It is indeed a bit pricey (7.80Euros per 100g of filet). 

But you have to invest in good dry aged meat...

The filets came in a box and were dark red. 

Due to the dry aging they weren't very wet and 

bloody either.

We almost got no drippings out of it.

But believe me: that's always a very good sign. 

Who needs drippings when the meat is outstandingly 

flavourful and tender.

For filets they were surprisingly fatty and rich. 

A good sign, as well cause the fat made them even 

more tender and yummy.

precious looking filet

We took it out of the oven after 20-25 minutes...

...and it turned out to be perfectly medium rare!

And: Truffle...

I bought my first truffle. It smelled fanastic and wasn´t even as expensive as I thought.
Maybe because I didn´t get a summer truffle.
Ten grams of that would have been 43 € whereas mine was only 5,98 € for ten grams.
I guess that's a bit of a difference.
I grated it into thin slices and served it on top of filet and pasta.
But I have to say I wasn't really impressed.
I don't know what I did wrong but I could hardly taste any truffle.
My white truffle butter was far better! And less expensive...
I know using truffle oil is one of the major sins, because they always use
artificial flavors to create/imitate the typical truffle aroma.
Nevertheless: I LOVE TRUFFLE OIL.
It tastes like truffle and that's what's most important to me...


















That's my "Guilty-face"while buying the truffle.

 


















  That´s my "Happy-Face" after buying the truffle.