Truffle origin where
1, Croatia: white truffles are only found in Italy and the Balkan Peninsula in Croatia, the color for a slight golden, light brown (beige) or light brown, and with a tan or creamy white patches or fine texture, the size of the varying, small golf ball so large, large is like an apple. In a good year, the world production of white truffles is only 3 tons, compared to the annual production of about 35 tons of black truffles, you can imagine its degree of preciousness.
2, Piedmont: Piedmont region in northwestern Italy is located in the upper valley of the Po River, west and north of the Alps surrounded by the south is the Ligurian Apennines. This region of the ancient Neo province of Alba produces white truffles.
3, Provence: black truffle Provence is the world's most important black truffle production area, production accounted for 90% of France. The most important production centers are concentrated in the north of Tricastin, with an annual production of about 30 tons.
4, Salla: Salla abounds in black truffles, foie gras, France's famous foie gras makers are almost all concentrated here, Salla dishes in the southwest of France does have a place in the cuisine.
5, mainland China: China also produces truffles, and the appearance of the French black truffle is very similar, the outer skin of the scales are relatively small, the inner white stripes are more dense, mainly in the pine tree roots, which is the origin of the Chinese name "truffle", the main production area in Sichuan, Yunnan area, the ripe black truffles in China with complex The mature Chinese black truffle has a complex mushroom flavor that is incomprehensible to the olfactory sense.
6. Taiwan, China: According to the latest reports, China's Taiwan Province of high-altitude mountainous areas also have a small amount of truffle growth, the appearance of France or the mainland is very similar, belonging to the close relatives of the seed source, but Asians in general do not have much contact with this cuisine and understanding, so there is no commercialization.
What is the role of truffles
Diamonds on the table modern scientific research data show that truffles are rich in proteins, 18 kinds of amino acids (including the body can not synthesize the eight essential amino acids), unsaturated fatty acids, a variety of vitamins, zinc, manganese, iron, calcium, phosphorus, selenium and other essential trace elements, as well as sphingolipids, cerebrosides, ceramides, triterpenes, androstenolone, adenosine, Truffle acid, sterols, truffle polysaccharides, truffle polypeptides and a large number of other metabolites, has a very high nutritional health value.
Among them, androstenone helps Yang, endocrine regulation of the significant effect; sphingolipids in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, and anti-tumor cytotoxicity has obvious activity; polysaccharides, peptides, triterpenoids have to enhance immunity, anti-aging, anti-fatigue and other roles in health care can be used for health maintenance.
Truffle eating
1. Truffle sashimi: clean fresh truffles and cut (2-4mm) slices of standby, in the dipping dish into the mustard, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce or soy sauce, oil chili, sesame oil and other condiments to personal taste modulation, take the prepared truffle slices dipped in the condiments and then eat directly.
2. Cold mixed truffles: clean truffles, slices of preparation, according to personal taste with the right amount of ginger, mint leaves, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and other condiments, stir evenly and then placed in a dry, tasteless place for 20 minutes can be consumed.
3. Stir-fried truffles: clean truffles (generally cleaned with a brush), sliced or shredded, put into hot oil and stir-fried for 5-10 minutes can be eaten (sautéed with preserved ham oil with shredded ham and meat tastes better).
4. Wu (hen) chicken truffle soup:
Ingredients: 100 grams of fresh mushrooms (ice) or 50 grams of dried truffles, a hen (about 1,500 grams), green onions, ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper
Preparation: 1, will be cleaned according to the fresh sliced at a thickness of about 1cm or dried truffles soaked in warm water to swell, washed. 2, will be slaughtered and washed after the chicken Into the pot, add about 3 pounds of water, put green onions (knot), ginger slices of martial arts fire until boiling, add chunks of fungi, cover the pot tightly, boil and move the fire about 3 hours.
5. Truffle wine:
Truffles since the discovery of the beginning of the wine has an uneasy relationship, this is both Europe and in China. The difference is that the Europeans are only very "stingy" in the wine to add a small amount of truffle juice to increase the value of the wine; and the Chinese are very "generous" with a large number of truffles to soak the wine, which is probably the East and West on the understanding of truffles as well as different dietary cultures. This is probably the difference between the East and the West in terms of their understanding of truffles and their food culture.
Fresh and dry products can be used to make wine, fresh products can be used Green Garden Food Co., Ltd. specializes in providing wine with 1cm or 1.5cm fresh truffles, using 80% of the volume of wine plus 20% volume of the proportion of truffles or dry products can be used 15-30 grams / 500ml, wine is best to use the grain wine, the degree of the original wine more than 50 degrees, soaked about 35-40 degrees is good, of course, if you like a high degree of wine can also be. Of course, if you like a high degree of wine can also be. Put the truffle soak 15 days later, the color becomes wine red when you start to drink the taste and effect is better. How much to drink every day depends on the person, recommended one or two per day.