
White truffle 'orchards' may help bring pricy pasta topping to the masses, French researchers say
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French researchers discovered a way to produce rare Italian white truffles at an orchard in France outside of their natural element.
Prized for their earthy flavor and haute-cuisine appeal, these rarest of the fungi are often served freshly shaven over pasta or used in fragrant sauces and oils, and can sell for upwards of $1,000 per pound. Generally, truffle hunters use dogs and pigs to sniff out the rare morsels. But the first orchard-grown harvest was successfully produced in 2019, according to the French researchers. As noted the authors of the paper, published recently in the journal Mycorrhiza, the white truffles were able to live for up to eight years after being planted in soil. And another successful harvest followed in 2020.More Related News