Name: Chicken with Truffles and Champagne Sauce
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup all purpose flour; 1 3 3/4-pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces; 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup minced shallots; 2 cups Champagne or sparkling white wine; 1 bay leaf; 8 ounces green beans, cut in half crosswise, then lengthwise; 2 cups matchstick-size pieces celery root (about 8 ounces); 1 1/4 cups matchstick-size pieces carrots (from 1 large); 3 large egg yolks; 1 small black truffle, cut into matchstick-size pieces (optional)

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Chicken with Truffles and Champagne SauceNoel Barnhurst

CHAMPAGNE

A dish that's refined yet spirited, much like the bubbly that has made the region so celebrated. For a first course, serve steamed leeks bathed in a simple vinaigrette. What to drink: Champagne, of course.

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