![]() ![]() Just before serving the truffle is rinsed under a stream of water… ![]() Stored in this manner, a truffle should keep for about 5 days. I immediately toured the truffle around my office for “show & tell” then, once home, placed it in a small covered glass jar, wrapped in the damp paper towel and stored in the refrigerator until the party on the following day. The truffle is perishable so it is shipped overnight, wrapped in a damp paper towel, accompanied by two small ice packs. ![]() The black winter truffle is available December through March. This Fresh Black Winter Truffle (Tuber Melanosporum Vittadini) has in intense perfume with a bouquet of wet forest, humus, chocolate, and a hint of hazelnut. I was told that dogs are preferred over pigs to hunt truffles nowadays, for one reason, it’s difficult to get a pig in and out of the car! Also, apparently the pig’s love for truffles is as ardent as ours, so she simply cannot stop herself from eating the $85/oz. The subterranean treasure was located by three female yellow Labrador retrievers with a family in its fourth generation of truffle hunting. It is a good year for truffles, ours hails from the Village of Grignan in the South of France. This one ounce beauty is from Gourmet Attitude, importer of fresh truffles and fine truffle products in New York City. Fresh French Black Winter Truffle, Italian Truffle Cheese, Truffle OilĪ framed description of our “black diamond” is placed on the buffet. ![]()
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