Truffle Hunting

Truffle Hunting in Central Italy

In central Italy, every year, thousands of tourists and locals alike flock to the mountain locations for their splendid array of outdoor activities, together with mountain biking, horseback riding, rock-climbing, hiking and bird-watching, as well as to enjoy a breath-taking respite from the madness and bustle of the city. One of the most spectacular mountain ranges borders Le Marche and Umbria, the Sibillini Mountain National Park.

Black Truffles

However, it is not only the tourists that have come to appreciate the offerings of this stunning landscape. The Sibillini Mountain National Park as well as the surrounding Le Marche and Umbria regions are known for their incredibly splendid fresh truffles.  This makes it highly popular for truffle hunting.

Truffle Hunting

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Simply Truffles: Recipes and Stories That Capture the Essence of the Black Diamond Overview

Celebrated journalist, author, and teacher Patricia Wells reveals the secrets behind the legendary truffle in this charming cookbook—featuring lush color photographs and sixty delectable recipes

What delicacy is more revered or less understood than the black truffle? Its scent is heady, its flavor sublime, and lovers of truffles are just as fascinated by the history, lore, and mystique of truffle-hunting as they are eager to eat the truffles themselves. Patricia Wells explores the subject in depth, explaining how to capture the true flavors of this rarity, examining what to do with a single truffle, expanding and embellishing its extraordinary aroma, texture, flavor, and pure gastronomic pleasure. Drawing upon twenty-five years of hands-on research in Provence, the modern world’s capital of the black truffle, she offers sixty tried-and-true, well-tested recipes that capture the truffle’s exceptional and complex flavor.

Enjoy Creamy Polenta with Truffles and Poached Eggs for a weekend brunch. Dine on Seared Duck Breast with Truffled Sauce Poulette or Truffle Risotto with Parmesan Broth. For casual entertaining, try Pecorino-Romano and Truffle Pizza. And for a wonderful cold winter evening, whip up a batch of Pumpkin Soup with Truffle Cream, Curry, Pumpkin Seed Oil, and Truffles.

In addition to her recipes, Wells provides a range of menu suggestions and wine pairings, perfect for serving food with just a hint of truffle flavor or preparing a holiday feast for friends and family. The story and folklore behind the pursuit of truffles round out this extensive cookbook—perfect for connoisseurs and novices alike.

Simply Truffles: Recipes and Stories That Capture the Essence of the Black Diamond Specifications

Celebrated journalist, author, and teacher Patricia Wells reveals the secrets behind the legendary truffle in this charming cookbook—featuring lush color photographs and sixty delectable recipes

What delicacy is more revered or less understood than the black truffle? Its scent is heady, its flavor sublime, and lovers of truffles are just as fascinated by the history, lore, and mystique of truffle-hunting as they are eager to eat the truffles themselves. Patricia Wells explores the subject in depth, explaining how to capture the true flavors of this rarity, examining what to do with a single truffle, expanding and embellishing its extraordinary aroma, texture, flavor, and pure gastronomic pleasure. Drawing upon twenty-five years of hands-on research in Provence, the modern world’s capital of the black truffle, she offers sixty tried-and-true, well-tested recipes that capture the truffle’s exceptional and complex flavor.

Enjoy Creamy Polenta with Truffles and Poached Eggs for a weekend brunch. Dine on Seared Duck Breast with Truffled Sauce Poulette or Truffle Risotto with Parmesan Broth. For casual entertaining, try Pecorino-Romano and Truffle Pizza. And for a wonderful cold winter evening, whip up a batch of Pumpkin Soup with Truffle Cream, Curry, Pumpkin Seed Oil, and Truffles.

In addition to her recipes, Wells provides a range of menu suggestions and wine pairings, perfect for serving food with just a hint of truffle flavor or preparing a holiday feast for friends and family. The story and folklore behind the pursuit of truffles round out this extensive cookbook—perfect for connoisseurs and novices alike.

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During the Summer the park is busy with Truffle Hunters scouring the countryside in crusade of Tuber Aestivum, the notable Black Summer Truffles. The rich soils of the Sibillini Mountain National Park and surrounding area supply the exquisite growing grounds for what is regarded to be the very finest black summer truffles that Europe - and one might even dare say - the world has to offer. Generations of truffle hunters along with their highly trained pure-bred Lagotta Romagnala sniffing dogs flock seasonally to this veritable summer truffles Mecca in crusade of these elusive culinary prizes.

Unlike their white cousins, black summer truffles grow just below the soil surface, a mere matter of centimetres away from the thick leaf litter that blankets the floor of the Sibillini Mountain National Park's forested areas. The close proximity of the black summer truffles to the outside combined with their characteristic pungent aroma makes these prizes easy for the truffle hunting dogs to locate once they have caught their scent. However, the black summer truffles remain elusive because of their scarcity. This doesn't seem to faze the intrepid truffle hunter who strives to cater for a world-wide request for the yummy earthy, garlic and almost sweet flavoured black summer truffles: A request that far outweighs the supply.

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