These Burgundy Truffles weigh between 0.5oz and 1.5oz I try to use the largest truffles to fill orders.
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Commonly called the “Winter Scorzone“, the ancient name of the Hooked Truffle is Tuber Uncinatum Chatin. It is famous for its intense flavour and aroma, with notes of hazelnut, porcine and grana cheese, characteristics that make it a typical species of winter, perfect to enrich hot dishes typical of this period.
Hill, oak and black hornbeam, its symbiotic plant of choice: the forest is the favorite habitat of the Hooked Truffle, for several reasons. On the one hand because it develops in extremely shady areas, protected from the sun’s rays, which would block its development. On the other hand, the ideal soil for obtaining a good Hooked Truffle is clayey, as it is rich in water and humus. In fact, it is a truffle that develops mainly in symbiosis with broad-leaved trees.
Its ripening period accompanies the transition from the autumn of September to the end of the year. The harvest, in fact, takes place in the middle of the winter, from 1 October to 31 December. The Uncinato is the Truffle that accompanies us over the years, marking the transition from one year to the next, with all the promises that this brings with it.
STORAGE DIRECTIONS:
The best way to keep the fresh truffles for up to two weeks is keeping them in in a normal domestic fridge, wrapping them one by one in a kitchen paper towel and keeping them in a sealed glass jar not vacuumed and changing the paper towels and allowing fresh air exchange once per day, as truffles are a living body they need to breathe. It is said, truffles can lose up to 3% of their weight daily, so it is important to change the paper towel regularly.
Because the fridge is an inherently moist environment, it is important to wrap them in unbleached paper towels to absorb moisture. After receiving your truffles, remove them from their packaging, dry them if any condensation has formed during shipping. For best shelf life, don’t handle them with your hands and use gloves.
Place in a dry, sealed container like Tupperware, a glass jar, or a zip lock bag, squeezing as much of the air out as possible.
Keep the container in the crisper compartment of your refrigerator avoiding the cooler areas of the fridge.
For more information, recipes, and more, please visit https://www.sassonetartufi.com/en/
Product of Italy. Imported from the highly regarded Sassone Tartufi truffle company in Montegiordano, Italy.