Description

Fresh Italian White Spring Truffles – Tuber Borchii – also known as “Bianchetto” (meaning “Whiteish” Truffles) are found from  March- late April and are hunted wild for us in the hills of Umbria and Tuscany.

They are much smaller in size than the white winter truffles, and tend to be around 10-20g in weight on average. They can vary in colour and range from yellowy cream, to an orangey brown colour.

White Spring Truffles have a lovely garlicky truffle aroma and pair wonderfully with eggs, cheese, mushrooms, asparagus and wild garlic. The interior is usually a light caramel to milk chocolate colour.

As a White truffle, the outside “skin” of the truffle is softer than its Black cousins, so they can be hard to clean with a brush (a very soft nail brush can work). They should not be washed with water, but instead any dirt should be removed with a pairing knife. These fresh truffles can be shaved as thin as possible over hot, buttery, savoury dishes.

Take a look at some recipe ideas here.

Caring for your Fresh White Spring Truffles

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE

Remove them from the vacuum sealed packaging. They need to breathe and the poor things will suffocate if kept in this sealed packaging for more than two days. Fresh White Spring Truffles (Tuber Borchii) can last 7 – 10 days if cared for and stored properly. Store air-tight, sitting on and surrounded by paper towels. Keep below 6 degrees. Allow the fresh truffles to breathe and air dry for 30-60 mins each day, and change the surrounding paper daily, to ensure the fresh truffles are kept dry.

All our fresh truffles, including these fresh white spring truffles, are delivered in specialist insulated packaging, maintaining a constant low temperature and ensuring they arrive to you as fresh and tasty as possible.

We suggest you do not store your fresh truffle with rice as this will draw the flavour and aroma from the fresh truffle.

Take a look here for our full blog post on how best to care for fresh truffles.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Every fresh truffle is individually quality checked and graded to ensure it reaches you in optimum condition. As such there may be very small “nicks” or notches on the exterior of the truffle; created during quality testing.