Italian

Regional cooking of Italy. It is built on few ingredients of high quality, and on dried and fresh pasta matched to a sauce by shape. A dish here that is tagged Italian and also another cuisine uses Italian pasta method with a sauce from elsewhere.

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one · Sauce Périgueux Spaghettini with Seared Duck Breast

RecipeFirst revision · 23 SEP 2026
Sauce Périgueux Spaghettini with Seared Duck Breast
A demi-glace truffle sauce on spaghettini, with cold-pan duck breast and a bitter leaf salad
Sauce Périgueux is the classical French truffle sauce. It is built on demi-glace, not on butter.
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