The difference between black truffle and white truffle

Everyone may have heard of truffles, but relatively few people have eaten truffles. Truffles are particularly precious in life. Truffles are usually divided into white truffles and black truffles. In the eyes of most people, they think that white truffles and black truffles are only different in color, and their functions and effects should be the same. In fact, this statement is incorrect. There is a difference between the two. The following specifically introduces the difference between black truffles and white truffles.

The Difference Between Black Truffles and White Truffles

1. Prices are different

Generally speaking, white truffles are more expensive than black truffles. However, the nutritional value of fully mature black truffles is not as high as that of white truffles. It’s just that the number of white truffles is extremely rare, so the price of white truffles is very expensive and hard to come by.

2. Different appearance

The color of white truffles appears to be slightly golden, light yellow, light brown, etc., with tan or milky white spots of varying sizes. White truffles range in shape from small golf balls to large apples, and are round in shape; black truffles are called truffles, and have a rugged appearance, with a color between dark brown and black, and gray and light black textures throughout.

3. Different tastes

White truffle is called "white diamond". One of its characteristics is that it cannot be heated and eaten, nor can it be chewed in large mouthfuls. It is more like a spice, sweet and delicious, as strong as garlic. Therefore, it is recommended to use professional knives to slice it into extremely thin slices, eat it immediately after slicing, and sprinkle a little bit of the crumbs on ordinary dishes each time, which can have a magical effect of changing the world. As for black truffles, the smell of gasoline is mixed with some garlic and rotten eggs, and it has the temperament of fermented fallen leaves piled up in wetlands, mixed with a hint of yeast and honey.

4. Different growth environment

White truffles like to grow in alkaline lime soil, which is relatively loose, easy to drain and breathable. They need rain during the growing season in summer, but not too much, because white truffles cannot carry out photosynthesis on their own to produce the carbohydrates needed for growth. Therefore, they must coexist and survive with the roots of oak trees, using the roots of oak trees to absorb nutrients. Therefore, truffles generally grow among the trees.

Black truffles are more picky about the conditions of their growing environment, which is why black truffles cannot be cultivated artificially. Even if truffles grow under adjacent pine trees in the same forest, the reason why truffles do not grow under another pine tree is unexplainable.

Which is better, black truffle or white truffle?

In fact, if we compare black truffles and white truffles, white truffles are more precious than black truffles because white truffles are very rare and expensive. Even if you want to buy them, you may not be able to buy them even if you are willing to pay a high price. It is something that can only be encountered by chance.

White truffles are wild plant fungi similar to button mushrooms and boletus. They are mainly produced in Italy. They are highly regarded by the world and only appear at auctions and in media headlines. Because white truffles are extremely precious and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to see their true appearance, they have always been called "white diamonds" by the world.

White truffle is a seasoning for food and should be eaten raw without cooking, because the most useful feature of the white truffle is its sweet flavor, which is similar to the rich aroma of garlic and will lose its flavor when exposed to fire. White truffles were first discovered in 1950 and have since become a banquet delicacy.