Truffles are mushrooms that grow underground together with other plantroots. they are known mostly for their organoleptic aspects, e specially for their aroma and flavour. They look like tubers and are formed by an inner part which is said “gleba” and an outer part which is kind of a bark and is said “peridio”; they have a high quantity of water, fibres and mineral salts which are absorbed from the ground by the roots of the plants with which they live in symbiosis.

Truffles are classified in different species, among which the best known four cooking purposes are: white truffles, superior black truffles of norcia and the “scorzone” (summer black truffles).

They are the biggest and best known among truffles, and they can have many different shapes: round, whit hollows, or sinuous: this depends on which ground they grow. The outer part is smooth, yellow-whitish coloured. The inner part colour varies according to the level of ripening and to the plant with which they have lived in symbiosis; it can be white or rosy brown. The smell is strong and flavoured; truffles are extremely digestible and are usually eaten raw, thinly sliced on various kinds of food.
These truffles are usually dug between the 1st of october and the 20th of december.

They are usually round in shape (sometimes uneven) and their skin is black, rough with small warts. The inner part is light - coloured when young, and velvety black white thin white lines when completely ripe. These truffles produce a strong aromatic smell and, when looked, they taste brilliant (they are also called “sweet black truffles”).
These truffles are usually dug between the 15th of december and the 28th of february.

 

They can vary in shape and dimension, but usually they are round with small hollows. The skin is black and rough, with big protruding pyramidal warts. The inner part is hazel brown with whitish lines when ripe. These truffles produce a delicate and lovely smell that evokes the smell of mushrooms: this is light when the truffles are young, stronger when completely ripe. These truffles are usually dug between the 1st of may and the 31st of december.