T. melanosporum is a rare subterranean
mushroom growing on roots of trees in a
relationship referred to as mycorrhizal
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Resources
 

Where do cultured truffles grow?

Functional Fungi: Truffles International's cultured truffle growing facility
Functional Fungi, LLC is the leader in medicinal fungi cultivation and innovation. As a California-based raw material supplier for manufacturers in the dietary supplement and nutraceutical industries, Functional Fungi offers exceptional quality, USDA-certified organic, Kosher-certified medicinal mushroom raw material at competitive prices.
http://functionalfungi.com/products/TuberMelasporum.htm

Products made with cultured truffles

Chocolate-truffle bars at Senor Murphy
Makers of delicious chocolate bars using real chocolate.
Señor Murphy Candymaker has been hand making the finest handmade chocolates, most unique Southwest pinon candies and chocolate candies for more than 30 years in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
www.senormurphy.com/truffles.html

Tara's Organic Ice Cream
Tara’s Organic Ice Cream, located in Santa Fe, NM, produces the only organic ice cream in New Mexico. Tara uses cultured truffles to create a unique flavored ice cream, Black Truffle with Caramelized Pears.
www.tarasorganic.com

The Spanish Table
Find our powdered truffle powder at The Spanish Table's Santa Fe, NM location. Food & Cookware from Spain & Portugal including Paella pans that serve one to 200 people, Portuguese copper cataplanas, terra cotta cookware, specialty food items, music, books, and much more!
www.spanishtable.com/

Pasta Divina
Pasta Divina uses only 100% certified organic ingredients. They proudly offer Burro con Tartufo (Truffle Butter) prepared with our organic cultured truffle powder.
www.pastadivina.com

Learn about truffles online

Truffle FAQ - Historical References, Titbits, Myth and Lore
An overview of the history and uses of truffles
www.members.tripod.com/~BayGourmet/history.html

Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia that everyone can edit. An exhaustive source about truffles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_truffles

Good books about truffles

The Little Book of Truffles, Francoise Dubarry and Sabine Buquet-Grenet, 2001 Flammarion, ISBN 2-08010-627-9


 

Truffle News!

Make Your Own Truffle Oil
Easy and delicious, you can make authentic truffle oil in no time.

New Irish Coffee Chocolate Bar
Taste for yourself our new truffled chocolate bar: A Cup of Irish Coffee in a Chocolate Bar

Eros: Truffled Truffles Experience the taste of real organic truffled truffles.

A Cup of Coffee in a Chocolate Bar
Coffee, truffles and cocoa in one delicious chocolate bar.

Featured in the New Mexican
Read about Truffles International in The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico's daily newspaper.

Featured in Local Flavor
Read about Truffles International in Local Flavor, New Mexico's local food, wine and lifestyle magazine.

Truffles at Ristra
Our cultured truffles appear on Ristra's special menu for the New Mexico Chili and Wine Festival.

I scream, You scream
We all scream for Tara's Organic Ice Cream, creator of Black Truffle with Caramelized Pear, a divine indulgence for ice cream lovers.

Photo Gallery
See the beauty and inner workings of cultured truffles.

Certified Organic and Kosher
Certificate of analysis for our truffle powder is available on request. Our truffle powder contains NO preservatives, is organic and Kosher certified. It is available all year round.

Perfume
A new market is the use of truffles in the perfume industry, where they can be used to improve the persistence of perfume aroma. Beyond any culinary aspect of the cultured truffle, it was shown that an alcohol truffle extract is a very good "fixative" for perfume, producing exotic "sexy" aromas.