It boasts aphrodisiac properties and makes each preparation special … how to resist it?
Autumn, time of truffles. This is the most suitable moment to taste the most precious fruit of the forest, which grows among the roots of trees such as holm oaks, poplars, hazels and limes. Hidden underground (it's called hypogeum mushroom), it can only be found thanks to the flair of trained dogs to recognize its characteristic odor. From the round or more lumpy shape, depending on whether it is grown in a soft or rich in stones and roots, the truffle has a softer soul called gleba and a rougher surface called peridium.
White and black, all the colors of truffles
The most famous is white, Tuber Magnatum Pico, which grows in this period of the year in Piedmont and Tuscany above all. Appreciated since the Renaissance when it honored the tables of noble and powerful lords, it is still today the most expensive and the most delicious. The blacks, also called Périgord from the French region from which they derive, are the most sought after after the white ones. Then there is the summer variety (Tuber Aestivum), with black and warty skin and a hazelnut-colored soul: among the truffles, they are the least prized and the least expensive.
A 100% natural product
No sowing, no transplant: the truffle is a gift of the earth for those who preserve and preserve the woods. The knows it well Savini Truffles, a Tuscan company that from four generations handed down from father to son the passion for this tuber, collecting it and creating a line of products to be able to taste its aroma throughout the year. Since 1920 and after almost one hundred years of activity, the production and processing of truffles still remain craft.
All-round truffle
Whether you are a last-minute person or a skilled cook, truffles will give you great satisfaction in the kitchen. Simple croutons spread with Cream with Parmigiano Reggiano Dop and Truffle they will become a tantalizing aperitif, as well as escarole leaves stuffed with Truffle Sauce. Grated on a risotto and you can give yourself great gourmet arias, just as some fresh truffle flakes will make a common fried egg rise at the banquet of the gods. And if you need to talk about gods, you can't forget the legend that the truffle has aphrodisiac properties, being born from a thunderbolt hurled by Zeus against a tree. Members of the Ars amatoria are warned.
The Truffle Experience
And if cooking alone does not satisfy you adequately, you can let yourself be abducted by one Truffle Experience, to approach the world of truffles in the most natural and engaging way. Three proposals by Savini Tartufi that will allow you to immerse yourself in the flavors and atmosphere of the precious mushroom, starting from research in the woods, accompanied by the faithful 4-legged hound, to then delight your palate with sophisticated proposals based on truffles black and white. For a 360 ° emotional experience.
Before discovering all the recipes that a true mushroom enthusiast should try at least once in his life, let's think about the unusual combinations that we could rely on to upset our habits. And pamper the palate.