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I t seems there is no end to what you can do with white truffle and what food you can improve with these diamonds of the kitchen. All these were seen today in Alba  These cheeses are flavoured with tiny slices of white truffle.  Please see also my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588 Pasta of various kinds flavoured with white truffle. Rice and Polenta. All enriched by the flavour of white truffle.

Seen today in Alba , Italy. Their smell was unbelievable. Please see also my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588 A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean Ascomycete fungus, predominantly one of the many species of the genus Tuber. Some of the truffle species are highly prized as food. French gourmet Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called truffles "the diamond of the kitchen".  Edible truffles are held in high esteem in French, Georgian, Greek, Italian, Middle Eastern and Spanish cooking, as well as in international haute cuisine. Truffles are ectomycorrhizal fungi and are therefore usually found in close association with the roots of trees. Spore dispersal is accomplished through fungivores, animals that eat fungi. The mycelia of truffles form symbiotic, mycorrhizal relationships with the roots of several tree species including beech, poplar, oak, birch, hornbeam, hazel, and pine. They prefer argillaceous or calcareous soi...

These are some of the biggest White Truffles of Alba I have ever seen. They were on sale in the main street in Alba. Please see also my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588 A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean Ascomycete fungus, predominantly one of the many species of the genus Tuber. Some of the truffle species are highly prized as food. French gourmet Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called truffles "the diamond of the kitchen".  Edible truffles are held in high esteem in French, Georgian, Greek, Italian, Middle Eastern and Spanish cooking, as well as in international haute cuisine. Truffles are ectomycorrhizal fungi and are therefore usually found in close association with the roots of trees. Spore dispersal is accomplished through fungivores, animals that eat fungi. The mycelia of truffles form symbiotic, mycorrhizal relationships with the roots of several tree species including beech, poplar, oak, birch, hornbeam,...