Only Emperors Enjoyed Truffles

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

The most expensive Piedmontese white truffle was sold this spring for $ 200,000. This became a real precedent after an open auction held simultaneously in Rome, London and Abu Dhabi to sell the most expensive food in the world.

The owner of the fragrant mushroom, weighing over a kilogram, became the owner of a network of casinos in Hong Kong - Stanley Know. The businessman is a big fan of truffles - a year ago he paid for the slightly larger truffle the fabulous sum of 330 thousand dollars.

Despite their huge price, truffles are one of the most sought after and one of the rarest spices in the world. They can in no way be bred despite the efforts of generations of scientists, biologists and botanists.

Precious mushrooms, as several centuries ago, are found in coniferous forests with the help of specially trained dogs and pigs. Recent climate changes, severe droughts and torrential rains have reduced truffle yields worldwide.

Despite the economic crisis, sales of this delicacy are at a stable level. This product has been famous for its amazing properties since ancient times. It was believed that truffles can restore youth.

But not everyone can try the fragrant mushroom, whose price is close to that of gold. Truffles grow underground, no more than thirty centimeters below it. It is believed that most mushrooms of this species are found in France, but the championship in the variety of these plants is held by Australia.

Even Avicenna recommended truffles as an effective remedy for many diseases. The first written records of these mushrooms date back to the Roman Empire. At that time, truffles were considered aphrodisiacs and were mandatory on the menu of emperors.

It was not until the fourteenth century that they became available to European aristocrats. The peak of truffles was in the middle of the nineteenth century, when many French vineyards perished and whole truffle plantations grew in the soil beneath them.

These mushrooms are very capricious and difficult to store. Fresh truffles can be stored for a long time in a jar with rice grains, but then part of its aroma goes into the rice. You can also store truffles in alcohol, but there is nothing to compare to the aroma of fresh mushrooms.

Its heat treatment should not last more than five minutes, otherwise the unique aroma disappears. Truffles are used mainly as an addition to main dishes, on their basis very exquisite sauces are created.

Immediately before serving, the truffles are cut very thinly and placed on a hot dish, and after a few seconds the fragrant mushroom begins to soak the whole dish with its exquisite aroma.