White Truffle Tagliatelle
$80,000 play money
A plate of pasta and an entire white truffle shaved over it. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $80,000 in play money, which puts it in the Ultra tier ($2,000 and up). It is one of the few dishes that can use up a large part of the budget in one click.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- Italian
- Menu section
- Italian
- Price tier
- Ultra ($2,000 and up)
- Play-money price
- $80,000
- Main ingredients
- fresh tagliatelle, butter, white truffle
- How it is served
- Golden tagliatelle in a white bowl buried under paper-thin shavings of pale white truffle, a whole truffle and a shaver beside it
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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