There are two branches of L'Amuse - the one in Santpoort-Noord, that I have been lucky enough to visit, and one in Amsterdam. They are a family-run, friendly business with an incredible selection of the best 400 cheeses from around the world, but this is the one that everyone goes there for, Truffle Brie:
Our wonderful, beautiful, kind, fun friends (yes, you can come again, A, D and A!) visited us from the Netherlands and generously brought us a wickedly ,melting slice of L'Amuse's truffle brie.
The cheesemongers take an entire round brie, slice it in half, spread it with a thick layer of rich, white mascarpone and thin shavings of black truffle, then replace the two halves and shave some more slivers of truffle on the top and leave to mature.
It is one of my favourite foods in the entire world. It tastes like brie, only more so. Pungent, earthy, creamy and melting. You have to wrap it in several layers if it gets to your fridge as the aroma can pervade all your food.
I apologise to the unnamed pale orange whole cheese (with fern) that is fading into insignificance in the background in a very modest and unassuming way. This was also really tasty - all I can remember is that it's from Corsica - but it cannot beat its upfront rival - Dutch Truffle Brie. I enjoyed this cheese platter at the end of a lovely summery dinner at home, with four great friends.
1-0 to Holland so far at 20:05 - Go Oranje!
Oh no 1-1 at 20:10......Come on Holland!
