Dishes with truffles — 7 delicious homemade recipes

The most valuable of the existing varieties of truffles are those that grow in Northern Italy and Southern France. These are the winter truffle, the Périgord truffle, and the Italian truffle.

Since truffles are hidden from view and grow in the soil, specially trained dogs are used to find and gather them. Even pigs take on the role of trackers and diggers, unearthing appetizing truffles from the ground for lovers of fine food.

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 takes on a special aroma. This water comes to taste like… soy sauce .

The most important thing about mushrooms is not to eat more truffles and boletes, but to avoid eating a single toadstool.
Other mushrooms, sometimes otherwise called a "fake delicacy" or false truffles, also "trade on" their resemblance to truffles. Some of these mushrooms are edible too, but their taste is far from that of real truffles.

By the way, truffles are used not only in cooking but also in cosmetology. The Italian company ISHI-Dafla Group has found a way to turn truffles into expensive cosmetics. Not the truffles themselves, of course, but only the extract from them. According to the company's specialists, truffles have a good effect on the skin, tightening it and reducing the number of wrinkles. Truffles are also ideal for removing age spots.

The most expensive and rarest truffle of all is the white truffle. This mushroom is usually sold at auction for an outrageous price. Over two hundred thousand dollars was paid for a white truffle weighing 750 grams in 2007.