TRUFFLEPEDIA

The Creative Coalition & Sabatino Tartufi

On Wednesday December 16, Sabatino Truffles showed up at The Creative Coalition’s Virtual Holiday Dinner Party with some very amazing dinner companions. All attendees received a Sabatino gift...

HOW MUCH FRESH TRUFFLE DO I USE IN A SERVING?

Our Fresh Yield Guide is a great tool to refer to when deciding how much truffle to use on a dish. You’ll see that even very little - 3 grams - is enough to make an impact. There are 28 grams in an...

SHAVING VS. GRATING FRESH TRUFFLES

As truffle experts, we often get asked what is the best way to serve fresh truffles on a dish. To help answer that question directly, we put together a quick guide to offer a few suggestions on ho...

TRUFFLE LEGEND FROM PERIGORD REGION

Story adapted from Taming the Truffle by Alessandra Zambonelli, Gordon Thomas Brown, and Ian Robert Hall. There is a legend that is told in the Perigord region about an old woman, tired and hungry,...

PIGS: THE OG TRUFFLE HUNTER

Pigs were the original truffle hunters, drawn to the intoxicating aroma of truffles by nature itself. Truffles release compounds that mimic pheromones found in male pigs, which is why they’ve long ...

AUSTRALIAN TRUFFLE INDUSTRY

Black Winter Australian Truffles (Tuber Melanosporum)  Although truffles are a new crop to Australia, having begun its first harvest in 1999, the Australian truffle industry has grown rapidly. At S...

ARE YOUR TRUFFLE PRODUCTS KOSHER?

We are proud to say that we have a wide range of truffle products that are kosher certified. Please note that although these are kosher, they are not kosher for passover. Here at Sabatino we prid...

WHY ARE TRUFFLES SO EXPENSIVE?

There are various factors that make truffles expensive. First, it takes a perfect storm for them to grow: spores have to find their way to the habitable tree’s roots, weather has to cooperate, and...

WHERE DO TRUFFLES GROW?

There are hundreds of species of truffles in the world and they grow in various locations around the world. You can even find truffles in North America like the Tuber Oregonense (Oregon White Truff...

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHITE TRUFFLE OIL AND BLACK TRUFFLE OIL?

Truffle oils, at their best, use fresh truffles to infuse a base oil with truffle flavor. That is the method we use at Sabatino Tartufi and have always used. Unfortunately, many truffle oils on the...