"This is the black truffle I planted? I remember planting a lot of white truffles at that time, why didn't I see you taking pictures, take a few pictures and I'll take a look. Qian Xiaohao said.

Yu Shan was stunned: "You planted it?" ”

"Of course, I got some fresh white and black truffles and planted them in a sandy field in the middle of the valley, don't you know?" Qian Xiaohao asked.

Yu Shan only realized at this time that it was not Tianyuan Valley that was blessed, but because Qian Xiaohao sowed the seeds.

"I didn't find the white truffle, I saw a few little pigs arching the ground, arching out of things, and being scrambled by some pheasants, I found this thing, I didn't recognize it for a while, so I sent it out for you to see, I didn't expect it to be a black truffle." Yu Shan explained.

"Black truffles are not bad, when I go to you tomorrow, we will dig some more, just in time for the New Year." After saying that, Qian Xiaohao disappeared.

Yu Shan shook his head helplessly, maybe he went to eat, and this was left to himself.

Putting the phone on the side, Yu Shan looked at the black truffle in his hand and ate it today.

Yu Shan knew that the black truffle was a natural fungus, and it was not artificially cultivated at present, and it was able to grow in Tianyuan Valley entirely because of the suitable environment.

Truffle is an annual natural fungal plant that grows mainly under the soil near the roots of oak trees, and in Tianyuan Valley or including the entire Taishan Mountains, oak trees are not lacking, and there are really a lot of old oak trees, if you combine other conditions, it is not strange to grow some truffles.

There are many types of truffles, and the production areas are all over the world, so not all truffles are valuable, and there are about 30 varieties of truffles that are known at present, among which white truffles and black truffles are the most delicious.

Truffles are usually irregularly shaped balls in shape, some as small as beans and others as large as Fuji apples, and when you cut them, they look like a maze of marbles.

Because truffles are very picky about the environment in which they grow, they cannot grow as long as there is a slight change in sunlight, water or the pH of the soil, which is why truffles are so rare.

The best truffles in the world are now recognized as white truffles from Alba, Italy, which once cost $35,000 a kilogram, and black truffles from Pelligo, France, at least $500.

"All-you-can-eat white 'diamond' ......"

"It tastes like earth, garlic, smells like natural gas, some like cheese, some like onions, but it doesn't feel like it, it smells earthy, and it tastes like cabbage......"

"A taste of heaven?"

These are the words used to describe the smell and taste of white truffles.

This is one of the most expensive foods in the world, whether it tastes good or not, what is the taste, whether it is really as bad as the three little beauties say, you can only know if you have tasted it yourself.

Yu Shan believed that a delicacy that was touted to the sky should be a little unique, so he checked the method of black truffle and prepared to eat it today.

Black truffles have been eaten by humans for more than 2,000 years, with France, Italy, and Spain being the most popular.

When eating fresh black truffles in Europe, fresh black truffles are cut into very thin slices with a special slicer and sprinkled with butter and mozzarella on top of lasagna or hollow pasta, which is said to taste great.

The traditional French way to eat is to use black truffle to omelette, cut the fresh black truffle into small cubes, put it in the egg and stir well, leave it overnight, so that the flavor of the black truffle fully enters the egg liquid, and then fry it regularly.

As a famous dish, the steak with black truffle sauce is very famous in French and Italian fine dining restaurants.

Other ingredients are not available here in Yu Shan, but there is no shortage of beef here in him, in fact, the beef that has been placed in the refrigerator for a period of time has been deacidified, at this time, it can be used to make steak, of course, it is different from the beef used in those big restaurants, but Yu Shan wants quantity, not quality.

Besides, he doesn't think that the kind of steak that only pursues taste abroad is nothing delicious.

Just because it's tender, so I eat the steak half-cooked, so it's really good?

In order to pursue tenderness, the cattle in the pasture have to be raised as the eldest lady, I am afraid that they will run a little faster, exercise hard, and make the muscles strong, so that the beef will not be chewable, such beef is really good?

It's not the first time to fry steak in Yushan, cut out a piece of beef, put it directly into the frying pan and fry it, and finally pour the seasoning on it, in fact, Western food is eaten like this.

It was only when the steak was about to be fried that Yu Shan began to process the black truffle, a wild edible fungus that grows underground, with a rugged appearance and a color ranging from dark brown to black, with small bumps that cover gray or light black and white veins.

The fruiting body of the truffle is lumpy, the small one is like a walnut, the large one is like a fist, the inside is white when young, the texture is uniform, and when it matures, it becomes dark black, with a lighter brain-like texture.

Thinking of Qin Zhiya's words just now, Yu Shan felt a little bad, she was right, this thing is usually called "pig arch mushroom" in China, which means the mushroom that the pig arches out, because the sow is extremely sensitive to the taste of truffles, and can dig them out of the ground with a pig's nose.

Yu Shan chased slices, diced, chopped, and finally made into truffle puree, so that they are placed on top of the steak that is almost cooked, and fried in a frying pan.

He didn't have an oven here, so he had to make do with it.

And such a roast, its smell is really special, it can also be said to be indescribable, some people describe it like mushrooms, garlic, rotten leaves, wetlands, fermented corn, pickles, honey, gas, wet straw, cheese, cinnamon, elk.

It's hard to describe anyway, but it's a tempting scent that's right, and all the smells come to mind in one word, fragrant.

It's just a little black truffle wrapped in steak and fried like this, and the taste is so fragrant, which is completely unexpected by Yu Shan.

This fragrance can only be represented by a strange fragrance, strange, I don't know what kind of taste it is, anyway, it is incense.

At this time, Yu Shan somewhat understood why some people didn't like this kind of thing, and more people pursued this kind of thing, which was completely a matter of opinion.

So, even if some people don't want to see it, the price of this thing is really expensive, and if the price of black truffles is similar to that of gold of the same weight, then the only thing that can compete with white truffles is diamonds.

With the black truffle, Yu Shan's greed has risen again, maybe there is a white truffle in the valley, if there is really one, then it is really possible.

The white truffle is rarer and therefore more expensive than the black winter truffle of France and the Périgord truffle, and grows only in northern Italy and Croatia, and is known as the Grand Duke of the truffle.

The best of the white truffles can only be found in the Piedmont region of Italy, especially near the town of Elma, where they only grow from mid-October to the end of December.

It is very difficult to find them because they grow in the soil near the roots of trees, and in addition to using pigs to find them, truffle hunters usually use trained hunting dogs to sniff them out.

Truffles cannot be farmed, which is one of the reasons why they are so expensive, and the price of white truffles fluctuates from year to year, but is usually between $800 and $1,500 per pound (453 grams).

Truffles and caviar, champagne, oysters and foie gras are the most expensive luxuries in food, and their price is as much a reason for attracting diners as their taste.

For truffles, its legendary aphrodisiac effect also adds a magical color to the white truffle, which may be the main reason why men like it and women hate it, right?

Because of the lack of it, the body is instinctively attracted, and women are not lacking, so they don't like this taste.

Thinking of this, Yu Shan showed a cheap smile on his face, a few little beauties have not enjoyed it, so they naturally don't understand the goodness of this.

Thinking of this thing, Yu Shan's motivation is even more sufficient, five or six black truffles, all of which were broken by Yu Shan, wrapped in steak and fried and eaten, whether it is strong or not aphrodisiac Yu Shan did not feel it, but it is true that it is delicious enough.

So after eating, Yu Shan touched the deep valley of the back mountain again, since Qian Xiaohao sprinkled the mycelium of black and white truffles here, there is no reason to only grow black truffles, maybe white truffles, of course, if there are no white truffles, even if you find some black truffles.

As for whether he can find it, Yu Shan has never been worried, he believes that he is more powerful than hounds and sows.

In Italy, it is preferred to use trained female hunting dogs to find white truffles, and usually, the hound will use its paws to make a mark on where the truffles are located, and when the owner comes, carefully dig the precious truffles out of the soil with a small rake.

However, training a truffle hunting dog involves a complex process, starting with training the dog to pick up the ball that has been thrown, then replacing the ball with cheese, then hiding the cheese for the dog to find it, and finally replacing the cheese with a small piece of truffle for the dog to find and dig out.

Such a trained retriever can fetch 3,000 euros on the market.

The night before the truffle hunt, the hunter usually does not give the hound food, so the hound will try harder to find the truffle in exchange for food as a reward.

Of course, if you use pigs to find them, then you don't have to be so troublesome, but if pigs find truffles and eat them as soon as they want, they will never leave them for their owners, so more people still train hunting dogs to find truffles.

Of course, because pigs like to eat truffles the most, there are also people in Europe who specialize in cultivating pig breeds that look for truffles, but the pigs here in Yushan will not help him.

However, Yu Shan also has Yu Shan's method, and his current divine soul has long been restored to the peak state, so he can easily release more than ten meters of divine consciousness and use it to detect a qiē underground.

Divine consciousness is different from the eye, it is not resisted by obstacles, so even if it is buried in the ground, what should be seen, Yu Shan can also see. (To be continued.) )