How much is the truffle?

Truffle is a general term for mushrooms, rich in protein, amino acids and other nutrients, extremely demanding on the growth environment, and can not be artificially cultivated, rare production, resulting in its rare and expensive, so Europeans will truffle and caviar, foie gras tied for "the world's three treasures", let's take a look at the price of truffles!

How much does truffle cost?

Truffles, along with caviar, champagne, oysters and foie gras, mark the most expensive luxuries in food, and price and taste are also among the reasons why diners are attracted. The best truffles in the world are white truffles from Alba, Italy, which once cost $35,000 a kilo, and black truffles from Peligo, France, which cost at least $500. China's Yunnan, Sichuan, and the Middle East have truffle production, but the price is much cheaper, usually in the market 200~500 a catty.

Where do truffles come from?

Truffle origin distribution in Italy, France, Spain, China, new Zealand and other countries, in many kinds of French black truffle and Italian white truffle evaluation is the highest. Chinese truffle appearance and French black truffle is very similar, the scale of the outer skin is relatively small, the internal white stripes are relatively fine, mainly grow in the fibrous roots of pine trees, which is also the origin of "truffle" Chinese name, mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan area, mature Chinese black truffle with complex mushroom flavor, is a kind of incomprehensible olfactory flavor.

truffle environment

1. Truffle grows in the soil. It is a kind of stem fungus attached to the roots of pine trees. It contains a lot of water and trace mineral elements such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron and fluorine. It is not soft and juicy like ordinary mushrooms, but hard in texture. Preference for alkaline soil, high-quality truffles are mainly produced in calcareous terrain areas, such as Alba in Italy, Perigo in France, Yunnan in China, etc., all located in calcareous terrain areas.

The nutrients of truffles come from the attached roots and soil. If truffles grow in a place, the nutrients of the land and plants will be absorbed by truffles, and other things cannot grow for a period of time. Growing up can not stand any subtle environmental changes, the picky environment is really amazing, but now Western countries have achieved semi-artificial growth.

Truffles especially like to grow under pine, oak, poplar, willow, hazel and linden trees, and the color and smell vary according to the species. Mechanized farming methods, pesticide spraying of soil, excessive or insufficient rainfall, and changes in forest species are also the main reasons for the large decline in truffle production in the 20th century.