White Truffle

Tuber Magnatum Pico

Color: yellow-whitish
Diffusion: Piedmont, Marche, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria
Hunting season: 1st October – 31st December

Named “The king of the table “, white truffle is considered the most precious among the edible truffles and the tastiest for most people. It can reach up to 400-500 grams of weight, tripling its value. The colour of the skin may vary from hazel to brown to brick red.

It prefers clayish and sandy soils; the trees with which it bonds mostly are: willows, oak, lindens and poplars.
It is one of the most perfumed and tasty truffles and, unlike the black truffle, is used to be eaten exclusively raw and thinly sliced.