What are some of the most-expensive cooking ingredients?

Question

e.g. real truffles, a type of mushroom--not the chocolate-type

Answer 1

There is a white truffle. It looks like an Caribbean yam.
There are reishi mushrooms and maitake mushrooms--those you use in teas as opposed to cooking them. Noni--if you know how you can make your organic juice yourself. Lobster commands a price of at least three times the price of a sirloin steak in restaurants. Artichoke is expensive in some restaurants--reasonably priced in Italy. There is a dried seaweed, which you wash and steam. It is very high in kelp. Jumbo shrimp are expensive. Prepare to pay up from U.S$20 to U.S$50 per pound in some countries. Caviar is not cheap and extra virgin olive oil.
Emmental raclette cheese, which comes in the 200 to 250g packages can be pricey. Certain types of Alaska salmon will not be found in the discount section of the local supermarket.

Boaz.

Answer 2

saffron is by far the most expensive cooking ingredient. prices range from $500 to $5000 per pound depending on grade. Kobe beef is also very expensive.

Answer 3

Yes truffles are also I think saffron and some cavier is very expensive.

Answer 4

Saffron. But a little goes a looooooooong way!

Answer 5

white truffles and fine aged wine

Answer 6

saffron, truffles, foie gras, truffle oil, wines

Answer 7

the most expensive ingredients in the wold is 'saffron'. its makes from flower. to makes 1000gram of saffron, needs 300,000 of flower

Answer 8

truffles
caviar
saffron
foi-gras
vanilla pods(its the second most expensive spice)
an aged wine
beaten gold sheets

Answer 9

baluga caviar, followed up by a bottle remy martin king louis XIII. the remy is about $1,600 for a fifth.

Answer 10

saffron, black truffles, certain liquor, me personally alot of your spices.