Hunting For White Truffles In Italy | Regional Eats

The white truffle growing in the woods of Alba, Piedmont, Italy, is the rarest and most expensive truffle in the world. This truffle is bigger and more fragrant and flavorful than other types, with a hint of nuts and sweet garlic. To grow, it needs compact, marly soil and trees like chestnut, oak, poplar, and linden. Join us as we follow a truffle hunter for a day and learn the best way to store truffles and which foods they pair best with.
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Why Italian White Truffles Are The World's Most Expensive Truffles | Regional Eats

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[@billhaverchuck3745]

I highly recommend watching The Truffle Hunters. Very charming documentary.

[@nicoladorrington4115]

Ciao Claudia! I'd love to see some of these Italian regional eats focussing on Sicilian food - Arancini and Cannoli in particular!

[@drewp.weiner2473]

Sicily isn’t italian

[@nicoladorrington4115]

@@drewp.weiner2473Having been to Sicily multiple times and working with four Italian translators that are all Sicilian, I think you'll find that nowadays Sicilians are pretty darn Italian. With additional cultural issues and language/dialect, sure, but with a clear secondary Italian identity.

[@LeakenaDoll]

I’ve never had truffles but I want to eat it before I leave earth 😁❤️

[@maenad1231]

Apparently they don’t even taste good. People just eat them as a display of wealth.

[@defiantgoon4061]

They taste great on french fries sprinkled with parmesan

[@djRUNT]

@@defiantgoon4061 definitely a good place to start with them

[@techtt6213]

@@maenad1231 they need to be prepared well and actually be truffle. There is a ton of fakery going on. You'll have products with just aroma or truffle oil instead of the real deal

[@FurballHero]

Leave the earth? Where are you going? can I come?

[@TheReacTT]

Claudia and Italia, a winning duo!

[@techtt6213]

For all the people watching and thinking like they want some truffle. A very approachble and savory meal: An easy recipe: (not healthy but delicious) You'll need: Salsa tartufa (is often mixed with mushroom) Butter Cooking cream Grated Pecorino cheese Pepper (as in salt and pepper, the spice not the vegetable) Pasta of choice, Fuži if you can find it Melt some butter (don't let it cook so no bubbling) and add the truffle salsa. Go easy on the butter Once temperature is good add some pepper and add the cooking cream. Slowly add the finely grated Pecorino to taste and untill the sauce gets a nice structure. That's it! Add it to the pasta and enjoy! Make sure the sauce doesn't bubble and that there isn't too much butter and cream added, but also not to little

[@tessat338]

If you have fresh truffles, you can store them with your butter, eggs, cream and/or oil to get the scent into the fat for truffled cream, eggs, butter and/or oil. If you do not want your milk, cream, eggs, butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream and hummus to smell like truffles, store your truffles in a cold place away from your main refrigerator/freezer.

[@steelcity9517]

I wana see Claudia do the North American vids (moreso than the ones that currently do them). She seems to have such a zest for life, and comes across as authentic in her vids. Anddd shes a cutie

[@annabahram7018]

Dank

[@lilitharam44]

I've never had truffles, white or black, either but just like Italy, they are on my top ten list of things I want to see, go to, or eat!

[@gale_poot]

same

[@gypsy_jester]

Expect a very intense flavour, you can't compare to notthing you already eat, especialy the black one, hope you Will enjoy It!

[@leedlbagginshield8492]

I had it once the smell is very intense and unique. It smells earthly, nutty and also has a fresh fish aroma on it. Sounds gross, but it surprisingly smells good!

[@lilitharam44]

@@leedlbagginshield8492 I'd like to smell them and taste them one day.

[@JohnHausser]

The pasta guy is right ! Truffle oil is the most overrated thing 😂 So many restaurants/food companies have tried to fool people with it 😭

[@drgeorgek]

Agree - add some truffle oil and charge $20 extra for “truffle”

[@kakuella]

So true. I mean... It helped me whenever I crave truffle in the middle of night but it's nothing like genuine good quality truffle.

[@VerhoevenSimon]

Thank you for the informational, delightful video!

[@sebastianosannicandro2985]

Bella idea quella di associare le informazioni sulla provenienza e tipi di tartufo ad una ricetta apparentemente semplice. In realtà la tua bravura e la tua competenza è tale da poter combinare tranquillamente non solo ingredienti superbi ma soprattutto provenienti da territori disparati....... Che dire della scelta della pasta pugliese.....porta con te ovunque le tue radici

[@sutats]

Mmmmmm...I love truffles, the chocolate ones too.

[@blaster36000]

I remember that one show where this lady treasures truffles so much, she dons a large sable fur coat just for the truffle hunting occasion...

[@geneziogenezio3299]

10:39 Knowing how to handle cutlery and knowing how to eat Italian pasta is important...Good time to learn with the Italian Chef by your side...It is just an observation from an Italian person.

[@siamandf4326]

I am from Iran, anyone wants cheap fresh truffle mushrooms, I can send them by plane, price

[@nat9303]

Claudia, the presenter, is Italian

[@bauman7962]

Fascinating

[@tdkxbalor9397]

I watch this more to see Claudia Than The Show Itself She's So Adorable ❤️💜💙

[@finngarringo6882]

First, Spanish. Then French. Now Italian. Gosh, Claudia is a on the road of becoming a polyglot. I would be surprised if she can speak Arabic too.

[@whatatypicaltime2412]

She is italian

[@LucaPed94]

she's Italian so it's her first language then Spanish and French are also Latin languages so it's easier for someone that already speaks a Latin one but yes she speaks well.

[@sailorarwen6101]

I’d be curious to know how much that little plate of pasta with those shavings of truffle would cost.

[@DarkSentencer]

Claudia is perfect 😋

[@michaelwong1938]

Singapore represent 🇸🇬 🙌🏼

[@alphaonetheryce2727]

Very good documentary

[@marvinespino1384]

Chef Mirko’s voice✨❤️😅🤤🤭✌🏾

[@ovo5491]

Washing white truffle with a medium bristle toothbrush will be a good idea

[@maryamorisco5429]

Come te non c’è nessuno sei tu che rendi i tuoi piatti unici e gustosi 😋

[@rickyyacine4818]

Hello we have alot of truffle here in north Africa is it that important to u 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@francisdrake7060]

@@rickyyacine4818 No because it's low quality.

[@rickyyacine4818]

@@francisdrake7060 but still u could sell it tho 🤔

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[@Treonic]

Food is the best way to connect and have a true cultural experience and we are loving it .Love from Treonic

[@alla4023]

You should see the Middle East truffle sizes

[@user-id8cl5zd9e]

Forget Italy you need to come to desert countries like Jordan to find lots of white truffle after heavy rain

[@chizzieshark]

Truffle oil isn't always artificial, not if you buy good quality ones from local truffle farms.

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Claudia tesoro nazionale

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[@dungokunyet]

love her.

[@animechic420]

I wanna go truffle hunting. Am I allowed to do that or do I need a license?

[@maenad1231]

You definitely don’t need a license if you don’t get caught👌

[@soumiksaha8484]

No license needed, for personal consumption, but its needed for business.

[@tessat338]

Read the book "Truffle Hound" by Rowan Jacobson before you go to have an idea of what you are asking to do. Truffle hunters are very protective of their territory and don't take kindly to poachers. Also, you might have to hunt on private land so you'd need the permission of the land owner.

[@robertoalberio622]

You need a wild pig to hunt those truffles, or a truffle dog

[@tessat338]

@@robertoalberio622 Domestic pigs are also capable of finding truffles. The problem is that they also try to eat the truffles. Farm wives used to follow the pigs with a bucket of grain. When the pig found a truffle, the farm wife would bang a stick on the bucket to call the pigs and then dig up the truffle while the pig was distracted by the grain.

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🗯😋 This meal with broth 🍅🧄🧅 Arabs enjoy it Cook it very tasty

[@BELLAPHONTOO]

White shrooms with perfumed funk.

[@ForestFire369]

I want to teach my dog to hunt truffles 😁

[@wagnerwei]

Buon compleanno! bel video 👍

[@FedericoGi]

Finalmente qualcuno che dice che l' olio è finto e chimico

[@defiantgoon4061]

Claudia!!!

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Claudia is 💖

[@user-zq8yq2un5c]

we have a lot of this in saudi arabia and big size no need dog to find it desert.people know how to find it by eye only

[@FoodieMeatsFood]

Fun fact - truffles are mushrooms!

[@Some1over]

Is there really anyone who doesn't know about this? 🤡

[@rlc5026]

Ive never smelled or eaten truffles but since they’ve mentioned it as strong smell meaning bad smell together with earthy smell like? Tell me

[@lauraqueentint]

i mean, i don't think I've ever had a real truffle or tasted a fresh one, but I've smelled truffle products before and tasted truffle flavoured dishes and just let me tell you it's an incredibly fragrant smell, a bit earthy maybe but it goes heavenly with dairy heavy dishes. It's a pleasant aroma, don't worry about it smelling "bad" lol

[@MsAnthropoLogic]

That’s very intense, especially dark truffles have a strong smell that can be a little disturbing because it’s definitely not a smell you would aspect from something is intended to be eaten. But it’s the same discourse of strong smell cheese: you don’t like it until you eat it! And it’s absolutely different from, for example, broccoli or cauliflower smell: when you taste truffle you taste 1% of what you smelled, and it is also a bit different from what you expected. (My grandparents are from a little village near Alba 😁)

[@luissorsini]

Someone says the smell is a bit garlicky. For someone who has never experienced it, if you're in a restaurant and the table next to you orders a truffle dish you could think: why there's so much garlic in that dish. But it's just an approximation. The smell is far more complex and layered.

[@hohoho445]

Depends on your taste

[@sdgtr4]

this trufels you find all around

[@kakuella]

I need my white truffle fix asap 😭

[@playvoltage]

dammit claudia you have the best job in the world!

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Good❤❤❤👍

[@nina7208]

We have alot of this in iraq

[@brett.jordan]

Love this

[@Possiblycrazy90]

Goshhh I want to marry Claudia ❤️❤️I love when she presents and her voice

[@actesaadl8052]

in our desert white truffles are the size of big potatoes

[@actesaadl8052]

@@Solid_Snake99 ma e buno lo stesso, lo mangiamo su forma di ommeletta

[@junglefowl882]

faccio io bel cucino con lei

[@thatSCARYguy]

so so zealous!

[@5lile26]

In iraq we have white truffle some times when theres a lot on the market the get like 5dollars a kilo so i dont under stand why is it so expensive

[@fatso2894]

Ti sei risposto da solo fratello

[@berojgarvlogs-vg8it]

this is also available in india in chief rates

[@JG_1114]

Can’t cultivate or farm truffles

[@ShadowyFigure83]

Psychedelic ones you can.

[@luissorsini]

From what I've read, you can but it's very difficult. You need to find and "prepare" a piece of land in order to have the right chemical features, then plant the same trees you see in this video, let them grow, then "inject" truffle spores near the trees. Then hope trees and spores will bond. It's a process both time-intensive and capital-intensive. You'll need a lot of money and wait up to 10 years for the first truffles to grow.

[@Franz.guarda]

@@luissorsini and then hope boars don't eat all the roots

[@andfact]

mam i used your video a small clip for making a fact video so please you don't give me any copyright.

[@treatb09]

Ive never had real truffle. Ive had the supposed truffle import sauces. Which can be delicious. Personally. Pecan, mushroom, and whatever else you like. Usually walnuts or chestnuts. Really offers a truffle supplement. The awkward slightly sour bitterness of truffle flavor is strange and intoxicating. . But you can the same essence without real truffles. Enjoying your food. Dont think you need a top tier delicacy.

[@alexandremioni]

❤️❤️❤️

[@vincentfox4929]

Why are white truffles more expensive than black varieties when the black truffles taste better?

[@Kyle27ish]

Racism

[@Cristina-tu5py]

Harder to find, taste different

[@Giveme100ksubs]

Is it free if you find one by yourself in your Garden or backyard?

[@fulviomiglio4162]

Free but impossible if you don't live in Italy

[@Giveme100ksubs]

@@fulviomiglio4162 kk thank u for that

[@razadhingra9455]

@@fulviomiglio4162 not impossible because truffles are found allover Pakistan and they are not eve a part of Pakistani diet some people use them for medicinal purposes

[@philipmarchalquizar7741]

Good thing there are less people around.

[@beloveddp]

Cool

[@Sangeychhonjin]

🙂🙏💜

[@quantumthinker3248]

ma che porzioni sono?😆😆 quella è la quantità di pasta che uso per vedere se è cotta

[@foodvillageplus6895]

I’ve never had truffles but I want to eat it before I leave earth 😁❤️ copied

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@Chelsea ♡ yes, copied

[@pranavshinde5224]

I always wanted to go Italy...but these Counseller don't approve visa

[@liekiokling3552]

吃不起 松露菌 😅价格不菲。。

[@teamwoodmerica3889]

Thats how we smell there truffles…

[@zajaco]

Mniam

[@Mio_Chan_Akiyama]

people really like to put premium on things that are rare

[@skysedgeproductions6170]

So you are saying white is better than black?

[@vommir.]

Not "better" rarer and different taste.

[@bexyPTX]

From almost everything I’ve seen of people eating truffles this effort just doesn’t seem worth it

[@aayushkatiyar6174]

the video has been re-uploaded ,looks like insider is cutting corners in content making.SAD

[@nolezopucho3829]

Here in Nagaland north east india it's available 😂😂😂 why it's so expensive out there ...🤣🤣

[@robertoalberio622]

Time to export it!

[@dobbyisfree6773]

Dude that serving of pasta is a joke AF.. 🤣

[@lilitharam44]

Was probably $500.00 for those two bites!

[@ramaiahagrimart6726]

Claudia looking much prettier day by day ,making me feel Like her Romeo.

[@Vip__honey]

Congrats to everyone who is early And who found this comment 👏 ❤ ...

[@user-py7wp6nw9h]

,io Dio Claudia you are a so gorgeous!

[@badda_boom8017]

I thought pigs are used for hunting truffles.

[@kittie-star1151]

The pigs eat them lol 😂. So they use dogs instead.

[@siamandf4326]

I am from Iran, anyone wants cheap fresh truffle mushrooms, I can send them by plane, price

[@El_Pollo_Loco]

I hope everyone watching this is considering the fact that the "found" truffles aren't found. They are placed for the video production :) First of all: Truffles arent that clean when you dig them out fresh. Second: They are not even digging in this video. It looks like the truffles are just laying on the soil and they just have to pick them up.

[@KunigasSuvirintojas]

Gotta make the content:D Don't hate the player, hate the game

[@razadhingra9455]

Btw where I live truffles are often found like this I mean some time you can even see them on the surface

[@PozoBlue]

What video did you watch? We literally saw the dogs dig and then the dude dig with his finger. There were no images of truffles 'just laying there.' What are you even on about?

[@NobleSainted]

The Black Truffle description I can understand. I mean, it's visually obvious. However, why the hell would a tan colored truffle be described as white?! I'm even fine with the description being orange or brown. Ain't nothing white about that damn thing.🙄 The culinary world needs a serious reset.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

I found a 10 lb. White truffle because my bassett hound peed on it .. Si si

[@haggertylj]

Use a pig to sniff out trruffles

[@roadkillavenger1325]

Sounds like the rules for hunting these are absurd. I would never follow such ridiculous rules.

[@somerandomfella]

Truffles are ok but far too overpriced. Sea Urchin or Caviar have a lot more flavour for less.

[@off-shore2377]

They have completely different tastes, what’s the point in comparing them? Apples and oranges?

[@gf4913]

Salt cost even less and is tastier

[@fulviomiglio4162]

Nothing is better then white truffles

[@kanduyog1182]

The reason why it's expensive is because of its scarcity. TThe price of a product isn't dictated by taste but availability and supply, prestige too.

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Soon people start selling shit for €€€€€ İts so dumb

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Overrated

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First view!!!

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[@SuperAngelo85]

Quella ragazza con tutta quella chimica addosso, non ha molto appeal con il mondo naturalissimo del tartufo.

[@ggnoir9773]

Past looks dry.

[@Liaros_]

It's how is supposed to be. Pasta shouldn't drown in liquid.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Al dente

[@jordan3405]

why would you eat truffle, may aswell scrape the fungus from your toenails and eat it 😂

[@GabGotti3]

Truffles are literally the most overrated food on earth. It smells and taste like feet. Humans are hypebeasting a fungus. We’re clowns.

[@leo_mas_922]

says the quiet kid

[@alqamenesh7433]

t. shit taste

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Git gud

[@whostoxic9513]

this girl kind of annoying can has new host

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17th