Fresh black truffle (Tuber Aestivum)

It can be found from May to December. It grows both in sandy and clayey soils, in broad-leaved woods but also in pine forests. It is very appreciated and used for the production of sausages and sauces. It has a delicate fragrance and taste, solar-like the season in which it grows.

It is used sliced ​​when used raw and grated if cooked. Widely used in the preparation of sauces, stuffed pasta, meat rolls, sauces for condiments. Excellent simply in thin slices on a slice of fresh bread with the addition of extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt.

IN SHORT:

• DESCRIPTION: hazel-yellowish colour, many veins of varying thickness, rugged surface
• SOIL: sandy and clayey, broad-leaved woods and pine forest
• HARVEST PERIOD: from 1st March to 31st August.
• SYMBIOTIC PLANTS: oaks, hornbeams, hazelnuts, pines.