SHOP (Truffles for Sale)
Sale of fresh seasonal Tuscan truffles (from San Miniato)
In San Miniato (my “magical land” in the heart of Tuscany) thanks to mother nature so a perfect combination of soil, weather and vegetation, we can find top-quality fresh truffles all the year round. Of course, each season have its type of truffle with different flavour, taste so a lot of recipes!
If you like to buy truffles directly from my family (one of the best method be sure that truffles are fresh and good quality) and enjoy it in your kitchen, please contact me to info@truffleintuscany.it and in a few hours I’ll replay to you whit all the informations that you need:
- Types of truffle available in the season;
- Italian market price;
- Shipping timing/cost to your house;
- Method of payment.
If you are interested and you like to go head, we will go for hunting “your” truffles: in a few hours you will receive high-quality fresh truffles in your kitchen, with the best truffle recipes from my family and a special “truffle supplier’s certification”. Very happy to share with you fresh quality Tuscan truffles!
WHITE TRUFFLE
Tuber Magnatum PicoFROM SEPTEMBER-JANUARY
White Truffle (Tuber Magnatum Pico) or Alba White Truffle: it’s the undisputed King of all the truffles, the “Food of the Gods”, a “diamond in the kitchen” … the only one that have the unique taste and unmistakable scent that every gourmet in the world know!
Season: from September to December but sometime Mother Nature is very generous and we can find it also in January!
Characteristic: The top-quality white truffle has the external rind yellow/gold and smooth, its internal pulp light brown or hazel colour. sometimes tinged with intense red (this depends on the symbiont plant) and its scent is strong but very very pleasant (when the scent of your dish “made with white truffle” is very aggressive and annoying, be care! probably not real truffle but only chemical products).
Preservation: 20-25 days from the harvest. The best way to store these valuable products for as long as possible is the practice of wrapping them with paper towels and store in an airtight container (glass or plastic). It is recommended that you change the paper towels everyone/two days and place them in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment, between 2 and 4 °C.
Price: The white truffle is the only one truffle in the world that became very expensive (because in very rare) so he has its official truffle stock exchange. As you can check, its price is from 2.000,00 to 6.000,00 euro per kilo in the Italian market, it depends how many truffles Mother Nature offer during the season.
MARZUOLO TRUFFLE
Tuber BorchiiFROM JANUARY-APRIL
Marzuolo Truffle (Lat. Tuber Borchii or Tuber Albidum Vitt.) or Bianchetto Truffle.
Season: from January to April.
Characteristic: The Marzuolo Truffle have the external rind light brown sometime tending to orange/grey, its internal pulp light brown with clearly marked light veins; when it is raw it has a strong aroma (sometimes tending to garlic) that fades during cooking and makes it very pleasant even in taste!
Preservation: 15/20 days from the harvest so not a very long preservation: The best way to store these valuable products for as long as possible is the practice of wrapping them with paper towels and store in an airtight container (glass or plastic). It is recommended that you change the paper towels every one or two days and place them in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment, between 2 and 4 °C.
Price: Its price changes every season but don’t became very expensive (is not so rare like the White Truffle) so from 650,00 to 1.200,00 euro per kilo in the Italian market.
BLACK SCORZONE TRUFFLE
Tuber Aestivum VittFROM MAY-OCTOBER
Black Scorzone Truffle (Tuber Aestivum Vitt.) or Summer black truffle.
Season: from May to October/November
Characteristic: The Scorzone Truffle have the external rind black and warty, its internal pulp light brown or hazel colour with clear and numerous veins that disappear during cooking; it has a delicate scent of undergrowth that became very nice with is flavor during cooking
Preservation: 35/40 days from the harvest. The best way to store these valuable products for as long as possible is the practice of wrapping them with paper towels and store in an airtight container (glass or plastic). It is recommended that you change the paper towels every one or two days and place them in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment, between 2 and 4 °C.
Price: Its price changes every season but don’t became very expensive (is not so rare like the White Truffle) so from 500,00 to 1.000,00 euro per kilo in the Italian market.
"PERIGORD" BLACK TRUFFLE
Tuber MelanosporumFROM MAY-OCTOBER
Perigord (France) Black Truffle (Lat. Tuber Aestivum Vitt.) or Black truffle from Norcia or Precious Black.
Season: from January to March/April
Characteristic: It has a black and wrinkled external rind with minute, polygonal warts and a black-purple pulp with a lot of fine white veins that become a little reddish in the air and black when cooked. When raw it gives off a delicate, very pleasant scent that is enhanced, together with the taste, during cooking.
Preservation: about 30 days from the harvest. The best way to store these valuable products for as long as possible is the practice of wrapping them with paper towels and store in an airtight container (glass or plastic). It is recommended that you change the paper towels every one or two days and place them in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment, between 2 and 4 °C.
Price: Its price changes every season but don’t became very expensive (is not so rare like the White Truffle) so from 800,00 to 1.500,00 euro per kilo in the Italian market.
UNCINATO TRUFFLE
Tuber Uncinatum VittFROM OCTOBER-JANUARY
Uncinato Black Truffle (Lat.: Tuber Uncinatum Chatin) or Black Winter Truffle.
Season: from October to February.
Characteristic: it has a warty rind of black color with little developed warts and the pulp that varies from hazelnut to brown with numerous light branched veins. Raw it gives off a pleasant scent of undergrowth.
Preservation: about 30 days from the harvest. The best way to store these valuable products for as long as possible is the practice of wrapping them with paper towels and store in an airtight container (glass or plastic). It is recommended that you change the paper towels every one or two days and place them in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment, between 2 and 4 °C.
Price: Its price changes every season but don’t became very expensive (is not so rare like the White Truffle) so from 500,00 to 1.000,00 euro per kilo in the Italian market.