Truffle oil is a real ace up the sleeve for those who love the scent and taste of these mushrooms, and want to enrich their dishes without having to spend large amounts: this condiment, in fact, has a more accessible price than to real mushrooms. Although truffle oil can be purchased without particular problems in a large number of large and small retail stores, it can also be produced at home, starting from a good extra virgin olive oil, then purchasing a couple of black truffles , to which you can then also add particular perfume notes, such as chilli pepper: once you have grated some truffle into a bottle, you can then add oil to it, thus obtaining our flavored oil.
Use in cooking
Truffle oil can be used to delicately and exclusively season many specialties of Italian cuisine, from pizza to first courses based on rice and pasta.
Preservation
To get the best from truffle oil, it is best to store it in a dark, cool and dry place.
Curiosity
The truffle is a precious ingredient of Piedmontese cuisine - but not only - which was also exploited by Cavour during his political lunches to win over his interlocutors.