White truffle
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White truffle ( Tuber magnatum ) |
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The white truffle ( Tuber magnatum ), and Mr. Truffles , Piedmont - or Alba -Trüffel (it. Tartufo bianco del Piemonte and Tartufo Bianco di Alba ) or sometimes Tartufo Bianco di Acqualagna called, is a native of southern Europe Real truffle leading to the most expensive food in the world.
features
Their fruiting bodies ripen from September to early January as hypogean ( living in the humus layer of the soil) ascocarps made of very closely interwoven cell threads, which at a depth of about 5 to 30 centimeters form a mostly irregular, lobed, spherical-flattened shape, which often the size of a small apple , but in extreme cases, under perfect conditions, they can also weigh well over a kilogram. The pale yellow to sometimes greenish truffle skin appears smooth, but has small papillae . The inside of the truffle has a firm, solid, soapy consistency and in young truffles it is initially whitish to pale yellow, later it becomes ocher to red-brown or has red spots on the flesh. The color of the flesh, marbled with numerous, thin whitish veins, depends largely on the type of tree with which the truffle lives in symbiosis : poplars or willows turn light yellow to almost white, oaks light brown and linden trees light brown to reddish.
Species delimitation
The white truffle is the less valued spring truffle ( Tuber borchii ), also called the white truffle, white pico truffle or March truffle, it. Tartufo Bianchetto or Marz (ai) uolo is not dissimilar. The latter is darker beige, especially in advanced stages of age, exudes a less intense garlic odor and is found from January to early April, with an eponymous maximum in March.
distribution
Occurrences have so far been found in Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna , Marche , Umbria , Tuscany , Abruzzo , Lazio , Veneto , Istria , Dalmatia and the northern Périgord . Reported qualitative differences have not yet been proven. All attempts at cultivation have so far been unsuccessful.
use
It was first scientifically described in 1788 by the Turin doctor Vittorio Pico, who gave it the name “Truffle of the Mighty” . The cook and hotelier Giacomo Morra (1889–1963) from Alba played an important role in commercialization, and with his idea of giving away the most beautiful specimen found every year to internationally known personalities, he made his White Truffle from famous Alba to establish the brand. The annual truffle market in Alba can also be traced back to the “King of the Truffle”, as he was called by the Times in the 1930s .
The aroma of the white truffle is described with an intense smell of garlic , shallots and soft cheese . Since, unlike the Perigord truffle , it loses its aroma very quickly during cooking, it is usually served raw in wafer-thin slices that are sliced over the food .
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