Shake Shack Proclaims the Return of Its Black Truffle Menu

Step apart pumpkin spice, there’s a brand new taste we’re utilizing to usher in fall — and it’s earthy, luxurious truffles. Shake Shack is formally bringing again its iconic black truffle menu, together with each the fan-favorite Black Truffle Burger, and a few new additions that’ll convert anybody to loving this mushroom. Prospects utilizing the Shack App will be capable to entry the Black Truffle Menu early beginning right this moment, September tenth, however the objects will turn out to be obtainable for everybody in places throughout the US starting September thirteenth. 

Apart from, after all, truffles, the menu can also be laden with a number of decadent melted cheeses like Gruyère and Muenster. And when you’re fortunate sufficient to be close to a New York Metropolis location within the close to future, there’s one further particular add-on you may entry: the proper beer pairing in your burger.

The fast-casual restaurant first launched its Black Truffle Menu in 2020, with three sandwiches — the Black Truffle Burger, Black Truffle ‘Shroom Burger, and Black Truffle Shack Stack — on the market in choose New York Metropolis and Los Angeles places solely. The objects have been clearly a hit, as Shake Shack took them nationwide with the primary large launch of its Black Truffle Menu from October 2021 by way of January 2022, though the menu was restricted to simply the enduring Black Truffle Burger, plus the brand new addition of Parmesan Garlic Fries with Black Truffle Sauce (and sure, studying that makes me hungry too). Most lately, the model supplied a separate however related White Truffle Menu in early 2023.

For these unfamiliar with the Black Truffle Burger, it’s made with 100% Angus beef, and topped with Gruyère cheese, a black truffle sauce made with actual black truffle oil, and crispy candy onions, all sandwiched between Shake Shack’s signature potato bun. This staple will, after all, be on the menu returning this September, alongside the Black Truffle Parmesan Fries, full with a black truffle sauce on prime, and two burgers which have by no means beforehand been obtainable throughout the nation: the Black Truffle ‘Shroom and Black Truffle Shack Stack. 

This 12 months Shake Shack is partnering with Italian olive oil model Bartolini Emilio to create their black truffle sauce. The chain additionally famous that they’ve improved on the crispy onions which are piled onto the signature truffle burger because the final time the menu was on supply; the Vidalia onions at the moment are evenly pickled earlier than being fried, to offer them a barely candy and bitter depth of taste.

Each of those new burgers are doubling down on the mushrooms, and the Black Truffle ‘Shroom is good for vegetarians, that includes a fried portobello mushroom filled with melted Muenster and Cheddar cheeses, topped with black truffle sauce and shredded lettuce inside a potato bun. The Black Truffle Shack Stack manages to mix one of the best of each worlds, with each a Gruyère cheeseburger and fried, cheese-stuffed mushroom stacked collectively.

Alongside all of its truffley objects, Shake Shack is teaming up with Talea Beer Co, New York Metropolis’s solely women- and veteran-owned-and-founded manufacturing brewery, to supply a brew created particularly for pairing with the limited-time menu. Talea is understood for its progressive craft brews, with new weekly flavors rotating by way of the menus at their taproom places, and the corporate obtained its begin in New York Metropolis identical to Shake Shack — so it’s no shock the 2 have determined to type a partnership. The customized beer is described as a “refreshing lager brewed with actual black truffles and porcini mushrooms” and will probably be offered at choose Shake Shack places within the metropolis. 

In case you’re not based mostly in New York, I’ve a sense any gentle beer would pair effectively with the complicated and earthy flavors of black truffle — though some consultants say the proper pairing for a burger is a Manhattan.