Truffles are associated with elegance and sophisticated kitchen served in the best restaurants. They are widespread especially in France, Spain and Italy, although more and more are also talked about in Poland. Perhaps because They can also be found in Polish forests. Although this is not one of the simplest tasks, a lot of daredevils take up this challenge. You just need to know where to look for them.
Truffles are a kind of underground mushrooms that grow in symbiosis with trees, because they provide them with the necessary nutrients. Their fruiting bodies grow about 20 cm underground, which definitely makes it difficult to find them. They have the shape of irregular tubers.
Their taste and aroma are difficult to describe, but are most often identified with a nutty note combined with a musk and earthy aftertaste. There are many types of truffle in Europe, but white truffle is considered the most valuable. Well, except for the unique taste, Truffles are famous for their value, which results, among others, from the difficulties of finding them and seasonality.
Training dogs are traditionally used to find them, which sense the smells of mushrooms hidden underground. Their search requires skills and knowledge about these fungi. Most often they can be found in deciduous forests Under beeches, oaks, Leszczyna, Lipami or Grabami.
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Contrary to the prevailing belief, Truffles can also be found in Poland And they are not new at all. Although those found in Polish forests do not match their taste of white truffles, they are also eagerly used in the kitchen. We are talking, among others, about whitish or summer truffle truffles. The price is also lower, but you can on them. You can get even a few hundred zlotys per kilo of truffles in Poland. You just need to know where to look for them.
Wild truffles in Poland can be found, among others, in the Nidziańska basinwhich is part of the Lesser Poland Upland. It is a place offering favorable conditions for the growth of truffles, because these are areas with soil with high calcium content, And that’s what these mushrooms prefer.
In addition Truffles are worth looking for in the Kraków-Częstochowa jury, as well as Bory Tucholskiebecause this region is known for the occurrence of summer truffles. Truffles in Poland also occur in the Lublin region in the region of Kazimierz Dolny and in Podkarpackie. Their clusters also occur in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains and in Lower Silesia in the vicinity of Trzebnica and Wałbrzych.
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