On My Plate: Italy

Sometimes the simplest ingredients can pack the biggest punch of flavour. We bet your breakfast was not this tasty.

Where: Piemonte, Northern Italy

What: Fried egg topped with white truffle shavings. It’s pretty hard to screw up an egg. But to make one of those devils truly sing is no small thing. Crowned with razor thin curls of tartufo d’Alba this yolk had enough flavour to eclipse the sun. It just goes to show that two simple (albeit one very expensive) ingredients is sometimes all it takes.

Charlie Scott is saving up his pocket change to purchase the largest offering at the annual white truffle fair in Alba, Italy. That may take a while.