One of the most expensive mushrooms in the world is the white truffle.For the price and the taste it competes only with their black counterparts.Even in past centuries to eat white truffle could afford only a very wealthy people.In our time, not every Hospitality will boast a permanent menu of gourmet mushrooms.Besides fine taste, they have another interesting property.White truffle - a fungus that is one of the most powerful aphrodisiacs in the world.More Dumas noted these miraculous properties of these fungi.
Truffles have a wonderful fragrance, which allows the animal to find them even under a layer of soil.In terms of cooking to talk about the properties of these fungi can simply endless.They are remarkably in tune with the different dishes and can turn an ordinary meal into a delight for connoisseurs.These fungi most frequently eaten raw or dried form.This allows a better feel for their mouthwatering taste and aroma.
Description
white truffle - is an underground fungus.Its fruiting body has a number of irregular shapes.In appearance it resembles a Jerusalem artichoke tuber or potato.Weight mature specimens can reach 1.5 kg.However, across individuals and with greater weight.The diameter of the white truffle is usually 15-20 cm. At the bottom it has a slight narrowing.In the dried form of the amount of fungus decreased several times.Young specimens are covered with whitish smooth skin.Over time, it gets dark, covered with bumps and cracks.The flesh of the fungus have a pretty dense and dry to the touch.Young truffle is white marble sheen and yellow veins (they are reservoirs disputes).Older specimens have a dark flesh with brown streaks.Very strong specific aroma is white truffle.Photos of the fungus can be seen in this article.Appearance macromycetes may vary slightly, depending on the growing region.
Habitat
Truffles grow in the forests of coniferous, deciduous and mixed type.You can find them in loose, well-warmed and moderately moist soils with not too developed grass cover.Most often they are found in birch, aspen, hazel bushes around, as well as in young plantings of firs and pines.Collect them in August and September.The Russian forests are found only white truffles.Although there is information about finding the black.
search truffles
to search for truffles use animals.As a rule, dogs and pigs (boars).They can smell the fungus and to find even under a layer of soil.In boars, the aroma of mushrooms data for unknown reasons associated with the smell of the female, and they are able to smell the target at a distance of about 10 m. However, hunting for truffles with the pigs have to be careful.If the boar finds a mushroom, it will not hesitate to dig up and eat it.Therefore, they often wear muzzles.Truffles are also looking for dogs (females).On this special train with their first months of life.First, they give milk to the broth of mushrooms.When the puppy grows, begin to engage with him in the room conditions.Hiding somewhere (a piece of cloth, and so on. N.) Piece of wood, grated truffle, and forced him to look for the dog smell.For success tasty reward.As they get older the dog, the training carried over into the yard, the garden, and then into the woods.
