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25 g butter 10g onions, finely sliced 350g potatoes, peeled and rinsed 1 tsp chopped fresh parsley parsley sprig, to garnish Put butter in a pan and when melted, add onions. Cook until onions are golden brown. Slice the potatoes . Mix into the onions with the parsley,making sure the potatoes are well coated with butter. Cover and cook in microwave until the potatoes are tender and a top slice breaks easily when pressed with a fork. Brown the potatoes under a preheated hot grill. Garnish with a sprig of parsley.

Although more than three quarters of the national production comes from south-eastern France, Truffles are not comnfined to Drome and neighbouring Vaucluse . The Dordogne and the Lot, the modern departments incorporating historic Perigord - once the most famous of all sources of black truffles - still produce a significant quantity. In wine , this whole region of the South West collectively quality. Apart from Bordeaux, it is a region which among others embraces Bergerac, Cahors , Gaillac , Irouleguy and Madiran . Small wonder that among its many distinguished restaurants it is not easy to find a menu on which the truffle does not appear. Burgundy, too has its producers, with October truffle markets in Noyers - sur - Serein a visitor attraction, and the vineyards of outdone., Champagne, which more than a century ago was a fungus, has developed a new way of growing it. In Autumn, the Hotel terminus-Reine in Chaumont , focal point of the trade, offers special "truff...