Fresh black truffle (Tuber Aestivum)

The best season starts in June, that’s why the intensity of the smell is not as strong as it should be.

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.