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I beg to differ :) http://i.imgur.com/RtAsZKp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RtAsZKp.jpg This is from a fancy-ish local (European) supermarket that's generally praise
by huhtenberg 10y ago
I beg to differ :)
http://i.imgur.com/RtAsZKp.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RtAsZKp.jpg
This is from a fancy-ish local (European) supermarket that's generally praised for the quality food they sell. The cost was around $15.
- stouset 10y agoThe flavor compounds in truffles aren't oil-soluble. So even if you bought a piece of truffle dunked in oil, you're probably not getting what you hope to. If it tastes like truffles, that flavor is virtually guaranteed to not come from the truffle at the bottom but instead from 2,4-dithiapentane.
- huhtenberg 10y agoOi vey, please kindly adjust your tinfoil headwear. They might be insoluble in theory. In practice, it's dead simple to infuse oil with truffles - take oil, heat it up, add shaved truffles and let it sit for a bit.
- stouset 10y agoNow leave that bottle on a shelf for a week, and see if the original bears any resemblance. It won't. This isn't controversial, it's basic chemistry. The aromatics in truffles (excluding 2,4-dithiapentane) are water-soluble, not fat-soluble. Applying heat to your truffles-in-olive-oil mixture is not going to change this simple fact.
- huhtenberg 10y ago> The aromatics in truffles (excluding 2,4-dithiapentane) are water-soluble, not fat-soluble. Source, please. What you say goes against what I personally sniffed at my friend's house, which was the home-made truffle oil as per above.
- 1812Overture 10y agoThose are almost certainly random mushroom chunks and not actual truffle. A lot of brands do that as a deception.
- xapata 10y agoPerhaps, but I've also bought olive oil with a whole black truffle in it.