Black Truffle Pasta
$48 play money
Buttered pasta under a generous shave of black truffle. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $48 in play money, which puts it in the Everyday tier ($15 to $59). It is part of the everyday core of the menu.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- Italian
- Menu section
- Italian
- Price tier
- Everyday ($15 to $59)
- Play-money price
- $48
- Main ingredients
- fresh pasta, butter, black truffle
- How it is served
- A nest of thin pasta covered in shaved black truffle slices in a white bowl
History, tradition and origin
Truffles are fungi that grow underground on the roots of oak, hazel and other trees. They have been prized since Roman times for a scent that no other food has. The white truffle of northern Italy appears in autumn and is shaved raw over plain food such as egg pasta. Black truffles from France and Spain are winter fare.
Food economy and industry
White truffles cannot be farmed reliably, so they are found by trained dogs and sold at autumn markets and auctions, with prices that can reach thousands of dollars per kilogram. Black truffles are now grown in planted orchards in Spain, France and Australia. Harvests depend heavily on summer rain, and drought years push prices up.
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