Black Truffle from Soria in 12 Prestigious Restaurants
12 landmarks where you can enjoy this gem (diamonds, as they are sometimes called). Its powerful flavor enriches the dishes we prepare. Here are some of them
A gastronomic gem that arrives in this season of snow and cold, with February and March being the ideal months for its harvest and, of course, for enjoying it at the finest tables in our restaurants (and at home too, naturally). Yet handling this delicacy can be quite intimidating, so we recommend visiting one of these twelve restaurants to savor all the flavor this fungus exudes, the one that grows beneath the ground.
Kokotxas in green truffled sauce; Woodcock with Soria Truffle; Truffled bone marrow with peas and mint, Lenten chickpeas with truffle, or desserts as sumptuous as a white chocolate mousse with mascarpone, trumpet mushrooms and truffle, or truffled sheets of horchata ice cream, are among the dishes created by leading national chefs with the prestigious Soria Black Truffle, available to taste until March 31st.
Here are 12 restaurants that know how to properly handle and prepare these so-called diamonds. Restaurants that create special menus made with fresh Black Truffle, just harvested from the Soria truffle fields. Their diners will taste dishes with a Michelin star, with Repsol Suns, where the aroma and flavor of this winter fungus take center stage.
Madrid
El Corral de la Morería
This classic restaurant of traditional Madrid has prepared this year a menu full of Soria Black Truffle flavor, featuring dishes such as farmhouse egg and potato in a pod-infused emulsion, caviar and Soria Black Truffle, or a Smoked Pickled Oyster with Soria Truffle, a spectacular pairing of sea and countryside flavors like the hake Kokotxas in truffled green sauce. Delicacies created by David García that elevate the Soria Black Truffle to the very top of Madrid’s cuisine.
La Cocina de María Luisa
The quintessential Madrid bistro for discovering the world of mushrooms. This native of Soria has spent more than 15 years as one of the most important ambassadors of mycological cuisine in Spain, and her restaurant cannot do without the Soria Black Truffle in dishes such as truffled chard delights, Soria Truffle Soup, or Pig’s Trotters with Truffle.
Restaurante DOMO (NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding)
A restaurant run by Luis Bartolomé, a native of Soria who has spent years preparing dishes from this Castilian land with its finest produce. For this season he has included in his winter menu the Iberian Truffle dish, an Iberian pork presa tartare with grated Soria truffle and Soria butter with Denomination of Origin. A dish accompanied by various mushroom crisps and mountain-herb suckling pig skin that will bring us the flavors of the Soria pine forests.
Barcelona
Disfrutar Barcelona and Compartir Cadaqués
In less than 5 years, Mateu Casaas, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruch, disciples of Ferran Adrià, have made these two restaurants two great flagship establishments of Catalan cuisine. Until March they offer Compartir in Cadaqués anchovies with boletus, fir honey and Soria Truffle, or Disfrutar in Barcelona frozen horchata slices with Soria Black Truffle and Armagnac, or a hare loin with cocoa foie gras and slivers of Soria Truffle.
Castilla y León
Restaurante Trigo
It has just been awarded a Michelin Star. This restaurant in Valladolid grows every day thanks to the fine work of Víctor Martín and his wife Noemí Martínez. For this winter they have prepared a Woodcock with Soria Truffle, to enjoy that unique truffle flavor.
www.restaurantetrigo.com
Baluarte
It is possibly one of the temples of the Soria Black Truffle. Óscar García, a chef with a Michelin Star, makes his restaurant in the Soria capital one of the must-stops for lovers of this product. His winter menu is steeped in market cuisine, with Black Truffle aromas in every dish, from starters to dessert. This year it stands out for its Iberian Pig Trotters with ginger cream and Black Truffle, or a truffle dessert of white chocolate mousse with mascarpone, Death Trumpet mushrooms and Black Truffle.
Hotel Termal Burgo de Osma
The former Santa Catalina University is one of the most exquisite buildings in the town of Burgo de Osma, now converted into a renowned spa. Naturally, a truffle menu was in order, offering a crispy duck with orange truffle aioli, or a Suckling Lamb Pie with mashed potato, brezo heather and Soria Black Truffle jus.
Restaurante Duque
The medieval town of Medinaceli is no longer just a must-stop for lovers of art and tourism in Soria; it is now also one for connoisseurs of the Black Truffle. The Duque de Medinaceli restaurant prepares dishes that keep the essence of Castilian cuisine with a touch of modern cooking. This year its truffle menu features a Boletus mousse with truffled almond earth, or truffled bone marrow with peas and mint.
Los Villares
Ten minutes from Soria capital, in the small village of Los Villares, at the gates of the Oncala pass and the Tierras Altas. There you will find Lourdes and her eatery, which fills its small dining room every day. On this year’s menu: truffled quail egg nest, or a Millefeuille of brandade with Soria Black Truffle.
La Chistera
This restaurant is quite a spectacle. Located in Soria capital it is a discovery for the senses, where you can enjoy a menu full of magic with its 3D Black Truffle Cover or its Magical Start of fresh Black Truffle.
Casa Vallecas
In the medieval town of Berlanga de Duero, Alfonso de Pablo and María Ortega established an eatery that today is an emblem of the province of Soria. Casa Vallecas rediscovers Castilian cuisine in a different way. The Soria Black Truffle is essential in its dishes, and as proof its menu offers delights such as truffled almond soup, or Lenten truffled chickpeas with egg yolk and cod.
These are the selected restaurants, but there are many more in Soria where you can enjoy the aroma of this special fungus. On a visit to Soria capital, you must not miss El Ventorro, Restaurante Santo Domingo II, El Kiosko, the Hotel Alfonso VIII, the Parador de Soria, or El Fogón El Salvador. And if we head to the Ágreda area, we must pay a visit to El Bosque and Las Abadías: two small grill restaurants where you can enjoy Soria Black Truffle in dishes made with fresh local vegetables. A true luxury. And we must not forget the prestigious restaurant of Elena Lucas, La Lobita in Navaleno.
Winter in Soria is a culinary tribute to the Black Truffle. A project organized by the Soria Hospitality and Tourism Association (ASOHTUR), which aims to explore and promote all the gastronomic dimensions of the Black Truffle until March 31st, and which is supported by the Provincial Council of Soria. All the information at this link.
