Truffles: the world's most expensive ingredients

Paris, the famous 19th century courtesan Ou Lini left the famous words: "I love a man, because I love truffles."

Famous composer Rossini and gourmet truffles praised as the "mushroom of Mozart." Truffles what exactly?
Truffles are the devil incarnate?
Truffles is more growth in the pine trees, oak trees, oak, the annual natural fungus. Because of their comb in the

pines, Mu morning dew, so called truffles, and foie gras, caviar dishes collectively known as the three treasures of

France.
Truffles are known as "Lightning's daughter", looks very romantic to describe, in fact, have a very real scientific

basis - when the truffles begin to enter the maturity, the symbiotic plants and truffles will be burned around the

phenomenon, so that the grass around All withered, are like being struck by lightning the same. At first, this

unusual natural phenomenon of medieval superstition gave truffles are considered the devil incarnate, a thousand

years less than people to avoid the fear, the Pope until the 14th century French black truffles to eat before

opening the wave. The 19th century was the heyday period of the truffle, then all official banquets at least should

have one in black truffle-based dishes.
It is recognized that there is a process of truffles. Although as early as in ancient times, people know the

existence of truffles, the truffle of the first written records date back to 5th century BC. But it is how the

formation of truffle has always puzzled the ancient Greeks believed that lightning mud boiled truffles, truffles are

also long in the ground that the mushroom. In medieval times, neither root, stem and fruit truffles did not spend

even be seen as the devil in disguise.
In fact, the truffle is a more growth in the pine trees, oak trees, oak, the annual natural fungus. Because of their

comb in the pines, Mu morning dew and long, so the Japanese it is called Western truffles, also known as "to

strain", "truffles", "truffle." With mushrooms and other fungi usually different, truffle spores are not spread by

the wind, but by those eating the truffles of the animals to spread. Truffles grown mainly in oak, hazel, beech and

lime trees, it is because truffles can not carry out photosynthesis, can not independently survive, must help with

some of the symbiotic relationship between the roots to get nutrients.
Several spring and summer after rain, often within a few days truffles can grow to its maximum volume. The truffles

are the size of small eggs, and sometimes can grow to a large football so much. After the growing season, truffles

entered the slow maturity, this process takes several months. To 11 months, the ripe truffles will be issued a

special smell. In 10 days, the body will be covered with truffle spores can germinate and grow. Then be sure to

promptly dug them food, or a slight delay, the truffles will produce toxins and begin to rot and become worthless.
Lu Bai truffles white pine
Worldwide there are about 30 kinds of truffles, particularly known as "black diamond" of the black truffle and known

as "white gold" of the most precious white truffles. Truffle production in the south of France and Italy, Spain and

other countries, ranging from dark brown to black color, the appearance of uneven, or light gray interior over black

and white texture. White truffles are only at the forest area of ​​northern Italy and Croatia discovered, the color of

pale gold or beige, and light brown or creamy white with patches and small textures.