A confection consisting of a ganache to which other ingredients (i.e. fruits, nutmeats, flavors) are added. The center is then coated with chocolate and decorated.

This is a tuber of unusual flavor and aroma. It is savored in Italian and French cookery, and due to its scarcity, draws a very high price. The truffle has yet to be successfully cultivated, though a fine substitute is now being grown in California. The black truffle of Perigord and the white truffle of Piedmont are highly prized for their exceptional flavors. The black truffle requires cooking to allow the flavors to be fully achieved. Conversely, the white truffle is best when shaved directly on the dish before eating. The aroma of truffles is strong enough to permeate egg shells when the two are stored together. Due to their short growing season and large demand, truffles can reach a price of up to $800 per pound. Frozen and canned forms are more accessible, but their taste never reaches that of fresh truffles.

Black (French) or white (Italian) fungus found underground. Truffles very from the size of small marbles to as large as tennis balls and are distictly flavored, similar to a wild mushroom. Available fresh or canned.

two different gourmet meanings: "a creamy chocolate candy" or "a delectable fungus."

Subterranean fungus

An underground fungus with a very strong taste. Expensive to buy as they are generally picked in the wild, often found with trained pigs. Truffles are rounded, of variable size and irregular shape and come in a range of colours. The word can also refer to a chocolate and cream confectionery often flavoured with rum.

A confection made of chocolate, butter, sugar and sometimes liquor that is shaped into a ball. Chocolate truffles are made by heating a blend of butter, cream, chocolate, and often a filling, and covering it with milk, dark or white chocolate couverture. Truffles are filled with every imaginable crème or flavor inside, from vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, key lime, coconut and raspberry to name a few. Also, finished truffles can be rolled and coated with cocoa powder, powered sugar, or finely chopped nuts. Chocolate truffles got its name from the exotic and expensive French mushroom because of its similar appearance.

A chocolate made up of ganache, often shaped into balls and dusted with cocoa. Different truffle textures are created by rolling the centre ganache in cocoa powder, chocolate pieces, or finely chopped nuts. Truffles are named after the expensive French mushroom because of its visual resemblance.

any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe

a bite-sized petit four, made from chocolate and ganache to which flavourings have been added, such as liqueurs or essences

a chocolate that is blended with cream and possibly other ingredients which makes a soft, creamy, rich center, explains Brand of debrand

an underground fungus found in Italy and France

1) Species of fungus that grows below the ground; used as a garnish. 2) A very rich chocolate candy.

A round candy, generally covered in chocolate with a flavored filling.

An irregularly shaped, often oval confection of ganache, coated with chocolate, and usually finished with a cocoa powder exterior. Its shape should mimick the black truffle.

Fungus that is considered a delicacy. Prized fragrance is earthy and garlicky. Very expensive due to cultivation techniques. Pigs and dogs actually ferret out the fungi which grow several inches below the ground.

A chocolate treat made of ganache that is generally rolled in cocoa, enrobed in chocolate, decorated with nuts or a variety of other coatings.

An edible fungus which is found underground. It is round and can be black, white, dark brown or grey in color. The scarcity and decline in truffles has led this once widely used item becoming an expensive garnish. Probably the best and most expensive truffle is the black Périgord truffle. There are some 70 varieties of truffle. Truffles are also sold in jars and cans, truffle oil can also be bought and used to finish dishes with.

A confection made of chocolate (ganache), butter, sugar, and sometimes liqueur shaped into balls and often coated with cocoa. Truffles are made by heating a rich blend of butter, cream, chocolate, and often a flavoring, delicately shaping it, and enrobing it with chocolate couverture.(milk, dark or white) Different truffle textures can be created by rolling the center ganache in cocoa powder, powdered sugar, or finely chopped nuts. Truffles, originally named after the exotic French mushroom because of its visual resemblance, are either hand-rolled chocolate or domed with a piped center.

By weight, this knobbly fungus is one of the most...