Hello, there are more types of truffles, most of which are eaten raw.

1, Italian white truffles or Elba truffles,

Taste: distinctive. Slightly garlicky, somewhat cheese-like, with some pungent flavor.

Serving: usually raw, thinly sliced and served with eggs, rigatoni, lasagna or salad.

2. Black winter truffles or Périgord truffles,

Taste: earthy and rich.

Serving: usually eaten warm, used to flavor eggs or rice, under the skin of roasted chicken or in creamy dressings.

3. Black Summer Truffle,

Taste: lighter than the Black Winter Truffle, closer to the usual mushroom.

Serving: raw or slightly heated for best results. Serve in large chunks, with rigatoni, meat or sauces.

4. Oregon White Truffle,

Taste: different from European truffles, lighter, crunchier and more flavorful.

Serving: raw. Or in butter, olive oil, sauces or soups.

Can truffles be eaten raw

White truffles are usually eaten raw, grated and sprinkled over pasta or omelettes. They can be thinly sliced and added to meat and grilled, or used to roast foie gras. Truffles are also added to some cheeses.

Black truffles do not have as strong a flavor as white truffles and can be used as truffle salt or truffle honey.

Can black truffles be eaten raw? Or should they be cooked all the way through?

Modern scientific research data show that the black truffle is rich in protein, 18 kinds of amino acids (including the human body can not synthesize the 8 kinds of 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, androstenone, adenosine, truffle acid, sterols, truffle polysaccharides, truffle peptide, and so on, a large number of The metabolites of truffle are of high nutritional and health care 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 care.

How to eat black truffles

More than 2,000 years of human history of truffle consumption has created a variety of truffle consumption methods. In Europe, when eating fresh black truffles, they are first cut into very thin slices with a special slicer, and then sprinkled with butter and Italian cheese on lasagna noodles or spaghetti pasta, which is said to be very tasty. In France, the traditional way to eat black truffles is to make an omelette with black truffles. Cut the fresh black truffles into small cubes and whisk them into an egg, leave them overnight so that the flavors of the black truffles are fully incorporated into the egg mixture, and then sauté them in a regular frying pan.

The fresh truffle season is very short, only about three months a year. At present, some domestic truffle producers use freeze-drying technology to produce dried truffle slices, edible dried truffle slices can be summarized as follows:

Black truffle chicken soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of dried black truffle, a chicken, ginger, refined salt, cooking wine in moderation.

Practice: black truffle with cold water soak and wash; chicken slaughtered and washed and cut into pieces; black truffle, chicken, ginger, cooking wine into the pot, add the right amount of water to boil, turn the fire stew for 1 hour, hit the floating foam before the pot, add refined salt can be.

Truffle Tea Boil water with freeze-dried truffle slices, and then use the truffle boiling water to brew traditional tea, which is the most wonderful when the truffle water rinse Pu'er tea, the flavor of the black plus black will bring you an unprecedented feeling.

Truffle tablets: freeze-dried truffle slices are used as tablets for daily health maintenance, two to three slices at a time, boiled in boiling water, once or twice a day.

Truffle wine: truffles have been associated with wine since the beginning of their discovery, both in Europe and in China. The difference is that the Europeans are only very "stingy" in the wine into a trace of truffle gas to increase the value of the wine, while the Chinese are very "generous" with a large number of truffles to soak wine, which is probably the East and the West on the understanding of truffles as well as different food cultures. This is probably due to the difference in understanding of truffles and food culture between the East and the West. Fresh and dry products can be used to make wine, dry products can be used 15-30 grams / 500 ml, fresh products using 80% volume of wine and 20% volume of truffle ratio, wine is best to use grain wine, the degree of the original wine of about 50 degrees, soaked about 35-40 degrees is good, of course, if you like a high degree of wine can also be. Put the truffle soak 15 days later, the color becomes burgundy when you start drinking taste and effect is better. How much to drink every day depends on the person, recommended one or two per day.

Truffles would have been difficult to eat and still have to eat raw, so difficult to eat and so expensive why is it known as the world's top three delicacies? 5 points

There are about 30 different types of truffles, of which white and black truffles are the most flavorful

A good truffle should be very firm, compact and heavy in the hand, unlike mushrooms, which are fluffy. A connoisseur will always carefully identify the smell of a truffle before purchasing it, and this very distinctive and indescribable flavor is the primary criterion for identifying the quality of a truffle.

The truffle's smell is the most important factor in determining the quality of a truffle. Fortunately, the precious truffle can be stored for a long time as long as it is accompanied by its own soil, which is the only thing that allows it to retain its fascinating aroma.

To store truffles, they should be wrapped in paper towels, then in a layer of tinfoil, and then placed in the refrigerator at a low temperature. But be careful not to store them for too long either, or the flavor will be gone for good. And don't store truffles in rice, as many recipes say

. The rice will suck all the flavor out of the truffle and leave you with an expensive potato.

Truffles are traditionally eaten in very thin slices using a special slicer, and then eaten raw or sprinkled with butter and ricotta on lasagna noodles, scrambled eggs or penne pasta. Fontuta is a classic white truffle dish, made from Ventina cheese, eggs, and milk with white truffles added to it, and tastes wonderful when eaten with bread.

Of course, white truffles can also be served warm, if you are confident in your cooking skills. Here's how to do it: Boil sliced potatoes, slice the white truffles and bake them with butter and ricotta, then add them to the potatoes. This dish costs around $200.

Like fine wine, white truffles are categorized into different types depending on the roots of the tree they grow on, such as willow, oak, aspen, linden to grapevines. White truffles also range in color from white to pink and brownish-gray. Unlike black truffles, white truffles lose their characteristic flavor when heated and are best eaten washed and sliced at the end of the day. Black truffles are best served with a bottle of red Pomerol, while white truffles need a bottle of aged Resling to accompany them.

What are the benefits of eating truffles on the human body

Eating black truffles in the winter elderly can significantly improve Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, as well as anti-swallowing cytotoxicity has significant activity, with enhanced immunity, anti-aging, anti-fatigue and other effects.

Men consume black truffles in winter to improve sleep quality, improve energy, frequent urination, remodeling their sexuality, on the decline in sexual function of middle-aged men, easy to sweat, after the fatigue and other phenomena have a very good role in improving.

Women eating black truffle in winter can nourish the menstrual blood, significantly improve the adult female common menstrual blood dark, color black, menstrual blood stasis block and part of the menstrual volume is too small phenomenon, improve a variety of premenstrual syndrome and menstrual disorders, but also make the skin to maintain the elasticity and luster of oh.

The child black truffle is rich in protein, 18 kinds of amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, a variety of vitamins, zinc, manganese, iron, calcium, phosphorus, selenium and other essential trace elements, has a very high nutritional value. Children can properly eat black truffle in winter oh.

How to eat truffles

Mostly used in Western food:

Appetizers: sliced bread on the top of a layer of truffle sauce, to make a bite to eat wine dishes; baked potatoes or scrambled eggs will be drizzled with a little truffle oil or truffle shavings; frying fresh foie gras or duck liver jelly, will also be accompanied by a little bit of thin slices of truffle or shavings.

Salads: for the high end, they are dressed with thin slices or shavings of truffle; a salad vinaigrette is dressed with truffle oil or truffle shavings.

Soup pots: a few drops of truffle oil in a thick soup to add freshness and flavor.

Pasta or risotto: use crushed truffles in pasta sauces; store the truffles in a rice bowl to flavour the grains of rice and then take them to make a truffle risotto.

Main course: fry a steak in truffle oil, or use crushed truffles in a sauce, garnish with thin slices of truffle; truffle sauce can also be served with chicken, duck, or lamb chops; or thin slices of truffle can be placed under the skin of a spring chicken and grilled until cooked through, a classic French dish.

Dessert: Truffles go well with grapes or apples, and even milk and egg pastries, if you're willing to spend a lot of money to try them.　　Try it, truffles are a good thing to have~~

How to eat truffles?

Mostly used in Western food: appetizers: sliced bread with a layer of truffle sauce, as a bite of wine; baked potato or scrambled eggs will be drizzled with a little truffle oil or truffle shavings; pan-fried fresh foie gras or duck liver jelly, but also with a little bit of thin slices or crumbs of truffle. Salads: for the most sophisticated, a salad is tossed with slices or shavings of truffle; a salad vinaigrette is dressed with truffle oil or truffle shavings. Soup pots: a few drops of truffle oil in a thick soup for freshness and flavor. Pasta or risotto: use truffle shavings in pasta sauces; store truffles in rice vats to flavour the rice grains and then take them to make truffle risotto. Main dishes: pan fry steaks in truffle oil or use crushed truffles in sauces and garnish with thin slices of truffle; truffle sauces can also be served with chicken, duck, or lamb chops; or roast thin slices of truffle under the skin of a spring chicken until they are cooked to perfection, a classic French dish. Dessert: Truffles go well with grapes or apples, and even custardy pastries, if you're willing to spend a lot of money to try them

What are truffles? What are truffles and how do you eat them?

Truffles

Natural truffles

Truffles are a natural, annual fungus that grows mainly under the soil near the baleen roots of oak trees. There are about 30 different species, of which white and black truffles are the most delicious. Usually the appearance of the truffle are irregularly shaped ball, some as small as a bean, there are as large as a Fuji apple, cut to see, inside is like a maze of marble lines.

Because truffles are very picky about the growing environment, as long as the sunlight, water or soil pH changes slightly can not grow, which is why truffles are so rare. In the end, how expensive truffles, growing truffles for decades of Musso Henri (Mosso Henri) said the world's best quality truffles are produced in Italy Alba (Alba) white truffles, a kilogram had asked for 35,000 U.S. dollars, and then is produced in France Peligord (Perigord) black truffles, at least 500 U.S. dollars.

"White 'diamonds' that you can eat ......" "Taste like dirt and garlic, smell like gas, some like cheese, some like onions, but not the same, earthy, tastes like the sensation of cabbage ......" "Taste of heaven ......" are all words used to describe the smell and taste of white truffles. Yes, the white truffle, scientific name Tuber magnatum, is one of the most expensive foods in the world. If the price of a black truffle is comparable to that of gold of the same weight, the price of a white truffle can be compared to that of a diamond.

White truffles are rarer and therefore more expensive than the black winter truffles of France and the truffles of Périgord, and are only grown in Italy and northern Croatia. This white truffle is known as the Grand Duke of truffles. The best of the white truffles can only be found in the Piedmont region of Italy, especially near the town of Elma. White truffles only grow from mid-October to the end of December each year. It is very difficult to find them because they grow in the soil near the roots of trees. Truffle hunters usually use trained hunting dogs to sniff them out. Truffles cannot be farmed in captivity, which is one of the reasons they are so expensive. The price of white truffles fluctuates from year to year, but is usually between $800 and $1,500 per pound (453 grams).

Truffles, along with caviar, champagne, oysters, and foie gras, mark the most expensive luxury in food. Their price is as much a draw for crowds of diners as their flavor. For the truffle, its legendary aphrodisiac properties add to the magic of the white truffle.

White truffles are often called white diamonds. One of the reasons for this is that, like diamonds, they look plain and even a little ugly before they are carved and processed. When first dug up, the white truffle looks like a rough, dusty potato. But once cut, it reveals its marbled, ivory-colored pattern and its intoxicating aroma. The heavenly flavor of the white truffle comes mainly from its aroma, so it is usually not heated. The most common way to eat it is to cut it into very thin slices, serve it with fresh egg lasagna and then with a well-mixed Italian sauce, which is as delicious as can be imagined.

Expensive

Truffles are called "diamonds" by the French, and their value is on a par with caviar, foie gras and other fine foods, known as the "three kings" of gastronomy. The unique flavor inherent in truffle makes it an extremely valuable condiment in French and Italian cuisine. I believe that many people have heard of the name truffle, but what is a truffle? In fact, the truffle is a fungus, a kind of growth in the ground under the ascomycetes, and oak trees, green just oak trees and pine tree roots to form an absolute **** born form, therefore, known as ectomycorrhizal fungi (ectomycorrhizae).

The largest white truffle in history was found in 1951, weighing about 4 pounds and selling for about $5,000 at the time. In the days shortly after World War II, $5,000 was precious.

In 2004, a "truffle auction" was held in the United States with truffles as the ultimate foodstuff, using a webcam to link up with major restaurants in New York and Los Angeles to allow gourmets in both cities to place bids. In this auction *** there are three precious Auba truffles in the auction, the most eye-catching is a piece of white truffle from Elba in northern Italy, weighing one kilogram, while the weight of the usual truffle is only one-tenth of its weight, so it is extremely precious. The original bid of $8,000 was immediately raised to $30,000 by chefs from both East and West coasts after being pushed by the hosts of the popular American TV program "The Rich Life". In the end, the famous movie and television director, Los Angeles Basti ......

Can you eat truffles when they are soft

Truffles are extremely difficult to keep fresh, and are now generally preserved by freezing. After freezing, they will soften slightly when taken out of room temperature, and can be used as long as there is a vague marbling visible on the inside of the truffle when you cut it open.

Can truffles be eaten raw

Yes! Eat raw and cold, save some mustard or something! The flavor is very good!