With the European and Australian seasons combined, fresh Tuber melanosporum is available for about seven months of the year. We grade every truffle by weight, shape and condition: Extra (round, undamaged), Category I, Category II, and pieces for processing.
The online price per kg is for mixed Category I truffles. Extra grade, frozen truffles and preserved truffle products are quoted daily, because truffle prices change week to week.
Scientific profile
Scientific name
Tuber melanosporumVittad.
Family
Tuberaceae
Order
Pezizales
Common names
Black truffle, Périgord truffle, black winter truffle
Ecology & habitat
Underground on the roots of oaks and hazels in limestone soils. Most supply now comes from planted truffle orchards (truffières); found with trained dogs.
Appearance & flavour
Black warty skin and dark flesh marbled with fine white veins. Earthy, cocoa and forest-floor aroma that carries into butter, eggs and oils.
Notable compounds
Volatile sulphur compounds (dimethyl sulphide), 2-methylbutanal and other aroma volatiles; androstenol.
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