2007-09-03 10:16:50 · 12 answers · asked by dgloria 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
A candy and an edible fungus.
The candy is chocolate ganache based, Often mixed with nuts or fruit and rolled in nuts or dusted with cocoa powder
The fungus come is black and white varieties. used in cooking and found by the use of pigs trained to root them out.
2007-09-03 10:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by ✿Donna❀ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny, i just looked this up the other day.
Truffle or Truffles may refer to:
Various kinds of hypogeous fungi, such as:
Tuber (genus), the "true" edible truffles used in cooking, of the hypogeous ascomycetes genus Tuber
Tuberaceae, the hypogeous ascomycete family of that includes Tuber
Desert truffles, of the hypogeous ascomycete family Terfeziaceae
False truffles, various taxa of hypogeous basidiomycetes
Chocolate truffle, a chocolate confection
Psilocybe mexicana, a psychedelic fungus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truffle
2007-09-03 10:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by crct2004 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are two kinds: A dessert or candy confection; such as a chocolate truffle or:
a fungi (like a mushroom) often added in European dishes for flavour.
2007-09-03 10:24:47 · answer #3 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mushroom-a highly prized mushroom underneath the ground near oak trees.
Chocolate-chocolate ganache rolled in cocoa, crushed hazelnuts, ... or dipped in melted chocolate.
I loves me some chocolaty truffles
2007-09-03 10:24:22 · answer #4 · answered by Aimee B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a fungus among us. A mushroom you ninny. Rather an expensive mushroom that pigs root around and find since they have no appeance above ground. The mushroom is highly prized in its white and dark state. Flavor - Nuttiness, earthiness, and the hint of the leather mahogany cover of your grandfather's King James Bible.
2007-09-03 10:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Joshua B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are two types of truffles, there are very expensive mushrooms that only grow in season and there is a chocolate called a truffle that is very fluffy, i think it is whipped with air. it can sometimes be expensive too but it's really good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuber_%28genus%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_truffle
2007-09-03 10:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a fungus similar to a mushroom. It has to be dug up out of the soil and it is very expensive.
2007-09-03 10:24:52 · answer #7 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a very delicate fragrant fungus, that is either a dark brown or white.
It is extremely expensive as there is very little on the market
2007-09-03 10:35:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a mushroom that a pig bit the top off of and then it is picked.
2007-09-03 10:24:21 · answer #9 · answered by bluepinguino30 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A type of rich and delicious (and expensive) mushroom.
Also, a candy made from chocolate, butter and heavy cream.
2007-09-03 10:25:06 · answer #10 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋