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Commercially available truffle oil sold in US markets tastes absolutely horrid. It has a pungent, chemical aroma, and its taste completely overpowers whatever y
by AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
Commercially available truffle oil sold in US markets tastes absolutely horrid. It has a pungent, chemical aroma, and its taste completely overpowers whatever you put it on.
Do yourself a favor and just buy some high quality olive oil if you want a better finishing oil for your food. Oilve-oil and vinegar taprooms seem to have exploded in popularity in the US over the past few years.
- kls 10y agoAgreed, I went to culinary school years ago and we had access to both high quality black and white truffles, to say the least I fell in love on first bite, we used to fry slices up in butter and eat them like a potato chip while in class, that was heaven. My first introduction to truffle oil was years later and conversely flavor hell. I could never really put the flavor into words until I read this article, a gasoline like flavor is a perfect description. I knew when I tasted it that there was no way any essence of truffles where in it. Truffles make other flavors "pop" and have umami. Truffle oil kills the flavor of the underlining ingredients and replaces them with a chemical and gasoline taste.
- 4ad 10y agoNot only in the US. Everywhere is the same. Black truffles are not that expensive, and you don't need much. I encourage everyone to try them instead of this ridiculous thing. There is some slight similarity with the real thing, but the word here is slight. It's obscene, gasoline-like, and lacks the very essential complexity and subtleness that make truffles really unique.