Truffle Butter Steak
$74 play money
Steak with a slice of truffle butter melting over it. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $74 in play money, which puts it in the Premium tier ($60 to $249). It is a dish worth saving some budget for.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- French
- Menu section
- Steak & Premium Meat
- Price tier
- Premium ($60 to $249)
- Play-money price
- $74
- Main ingredients
- beef steak, black truffle butter
- How it is served
- A seared steak topped with a melting disc of butter flecked with black truffle
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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