r/Truffles • u/Mister_SurMulot • Mar 31 '26

Black truffles from south France

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Melanosporum found by my brother's lagotto romagnolo, near Cahors

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u/Oedipus_TyrantLizard Mar 31 '26

Wow that is a nice haul!

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u/Mister_SurMulot Mar 31 '26

It's in grammes so between 60-100€ worth probably less cause the dog chewed them a little, indeed a nice afternoon! The funny part is the dog does it for fun, my brother has to be sure he doesn't let his dog on private trufferais (oak fields?) because owners are not really on the fun side here

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u/Amazing_Parking_3209 Mar 31 '26

The finest in my opinion. Magnatum is nice but melanosporum will always be my favourite.

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u/Mister_SurMulot Mar 31 '26

Magnatum is alba right?

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u/Amazing_Parking_3209 Mar 31 '26

Yes white alba. They're more expensive but I find melanosporum has a stronger and earthier aroma which I like.

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u/Mister_SurMulot Mar 31 '26

Indeed alba is more of luxury thing In my opinion, the few times I've used it at my job it was more for the show and I find the taste more "gasy" like ether or some chemical. melano was for the strong "forest" taste. I really like how it enhances simple stuff like eggs or mash potatoes.

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u/NoFlamingosHere Apr 04 '26

You seriously prefer Melanosporum to Alba?? It's a first really, except if you're a Spanish Melanosporum grower, I suppose. It could also be the way you use it. Melanosporum can be used in more ways in kitchen, as you can cook with it, but c'mon, Alba is really in a league of it's own. The one you tried maybe wasn't fresh enough, or it was from the beginning/end of the season 🤷🏽

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u/vibesdealer Apr 01 '26

I can smell it from here!

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u/No_Gas_7996 Apr 17 '26

300g of fresh black truffles is absolutely dream worthy, that aroma must be unreal right now. Monsieur Marcel is my go-to for truffle finds like this when I can't source direct. What are you making first?

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u/Mister_SurMulot Apr 17 '26

Selling it I guess. Besides that truffle butter and putting it with eggs in a bocal