Dishes with truffles - 0 cooking recipes
Truffles are one of the most expensive types of mushrooms, which are considered a very valuable delicacy in many national cuisines. Truffles are a genus of marsupial mushrooms that, unlike their counterparts, grow not on the surface of the earth, but in its depths.
Dishes with truffles
The most valuable of the existing varieties of truffles are considered to be those truffles that grow in Northern Italy and Southern France. We are talking about winter truffles, Perigord truffles and Italian truffles. Since truffles are hidden from view and grow in the soil, specially trained dogs are used to find and collect them. Even pigs play the role of bloodhounds and diggers, digging out delicious truffles from underground for food lovers. Truffles have a pronounced aroma, and their taste is somewhat similar to toasted walnuts. By the way, even the water in which truffles are soaked is filled with a special aroma. This water tastes like... soy sauce. The most important thing about mushrooms is not to eat more truffles and boletus, but not to eat a single toadstool. Other mushrooms also “take advantage” of their similarity to truffles. otherwise sometimes called “false delicacy”, or false truffles. Some of these mushrooms are also edible, but their taste is far from the taste of real truffles. By the way, truffles are used not only in cooking, but also in cosmetology. This is how the Italian company ISHI-Dafla Group adapted to transform truffles into expensive cosmetics. Of course, not the truffles themselves, but only an extract from them. According to company experts, truffles have a good effect on the skin, tighten it and reduce the number of wrinkles. Truffles are also ideal for removing age spots. The most expensive and rarest truffle among all is the white truffle. Usually this mushroom is sold at auction for a fabulous price. Over two hundred thousand dollars were paid for a white truffle weighing 750 grams in 2007.