Truffletini

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed)
Nov 10th 2006 at 4:01PM

There are a lot of expensive cocktails in the world, but there are none that use the not-so-secret ingredient that makes New York's Tini Ristorante's Truffletini so special. That ingredient, of course, is white truffle. The drink consists of Stoli peach and orange, Grand Marnier, and mango juice, shaken and then topped with a generous amount of white truffles shavings. The restaurant serves a small $95 version and a large $165 version, which comes in a 3-foot tall, 74-ounce glass that probably looks impressive but is difficult to drink from. Daniel, from NY Mag's Grub Street described it as tasting like " a creamsicle that's been rubbed down with garlic."

Yum - but I'll pass, all the same.

Tags: new york, tini ristorante, truffle, truffles, truffletini, white truffles

Filed under: Dining, Spirits

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Steve Nov 10th 2006 4:19PM

Does a creamsicle that's been rubbed down with garlic sound good to anybody here? Yuck!

Deidre Nov 10th 2006 4:32PM

wow, I can't imagine the thought process that led to the idea that Stoli Peach and Grand Marnier combined with a white truffle would be delicous. If I had to drink a truffle I would probably add it to a dry gin martini.

Dominik MJ Nov 10th 2006 9:33PM

In fact the usage of truffle is interesting - but not in a fruity drink! I assume that it could go well with roast flavors like charamel, chocolat, butterscotch et cetera.

Could also go well with Armagnac...

To bring the truffle aroma into the cocktail is also quiet difficult. May be heavy cream could be infused - but truffle in a creamy cocktail? No.

Then we have to drop truffles into a fortified wine... better - but you can hardly use the truffle after the infusion!

Any ideas?