Interestingly, what most people think of as "truffle flavour" is fake truffle. Only two types of truffle have any flavour of note, the French black Perigord and

Interestingly, what most people think of as "truffle flavour" is fake truffle. Only two types of truffle have any flavour of note, the French black Perigord and the Italian white. They taste milder than you have been led to believe, there aren't many, they don't freeze, and they're only available in summer. Corollary: if you have a truffle not in season, it's definitely a fake. If you have a truffle in season, it's still probably a fake. Often it's a Chinese one, which tastes of nothing, with fake truffle flavour added. If you eat a naturally tasty truffle, you might not recognise it, nearly everyone has only ever eaten fakes.