Burgundy truffle ◆

Truffe de Bourgogne

What it is

Genetically it is the same species as the summer truffle, and mycologists now write it Tuber aestivum uncinatum — but the trade has never merged the two, because a truffle lifted in November under beech is not the same object as one lifted in July. The autumn form has a dark, heavily marbled interior and a hazelnut-and-cocoa nose strong enough to hold through a minute of heat, which aestivum has not.

In the kitchen

Unlike the Périgord truffle it takes brief cooking, so it can go into a hot sauce at the very end rather than only raw over fat. Store it in a sealed jar with eggs, not buried in rice — rice pulls out the water its aroma depends on.

Goes with

Egg Butter Potato Comté Hazelnut Cream

Same species

Bagnoli truffle Bianchetto truffle Musky truffle Chinese truffle Oregon white truffle Pecan truffle

In season alongside

Bronze bolete Burdock root Pine bolete Smooth black truffle Summer cep Tome des Bauges

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