Fresh Black Burgundy Truffle Tuber Uncinatum

The Autumn truffle, also known as the Burgundy truffle, is similar in appearance to the Summer truffle. It has a black skin with a dark brown chocolaty flesh. It is famous and appreciated for its mild and delicate flavour with hazelnut notes

• It is better not to cook the Burgundy truffle. Simply shave it fresh on some fish, meat, pasta, eggs or potatoes dishes
• Store the fresh truffles in the fridge wrapped loosely in paper towels. Fresh truffles are best when used within a week or less after they arrive
• Ingredients: Tuber Uncinatum
• Size: 50g, 100g, 500g
  
• Available from September through January, depending on the weather
• Weekly Price here

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How to store fresh truffles?

Like any vegetable or mushroom, a truffle has quite a short shelf life: it will only retain its flavour qualities for about ten days. It should not be kept any longer. If you want to preserve its fragrance, you must store it in one of the following ways :

• In the fridge: in an air-tight container (jar or Tupperware box), wrapped individually in a sheet of absorbent paper (which must be changed if it becomes too damp) or covered with rice. The rice then becomes perfumed and can be used to make a truffle risotto.
  If you want to use the truffle in an egg dish, one tip is to place the truffle and eggs in an air-tight container one or two days prior to cooking the dish, so that the eggs take on the aroma of the truffle. In this way, the truffle fragrance in a dish such as a truffle omelette will be even stronger when you come to eat it

• In the freezer: in a jar or in a bag; this is the simplest solution for keeping it for longer periods (1 year maximum). But note that freezing alters both the texture (which becomes spongy) and the aroma.   This change means that it can then only be used in sauces, omelettes and prepared truffle dishes.
  Another tip is to make truffle butter and to freeze it

How to cook fresh or preserved truffles?