Brumale

Tuber Brumale is rather similar with Tuber Aestivum and Uncinatum in terms of shape and colour, but its surface is smoother and the so callerd warts are smaller. The winter truffles do not grow as much in diameter as the other truffles,usually they reach the size of nutts and their smell is a strong, musk-like. Their external colour is dark brown or black with blue shades, while the interiour is white or dark grey marbled, and the ribbes are widder than at the Aestivum and Uncinatum.

•  Peridium: warty, consisting of small black warts and little pointed out.

•  Glebe: brownish gray, crossed by white veins, large and sparse.

•  Shape: generally globular.

•  Dimensions: they tend to be small, on an average as those of a walnut.

•  Maturation period: from January to March.

•  The black winter truffle Tuber Brumale in the kitchen: for the flavor is especially appreciated by those who love strong flavors of fresh truffles.

•  How to recognize it: it is similar to the black fine truffle, from which it differs mainly because of the grayish tones of the glebe, because of the more obvious veins and the strong scent, similar to the turnip. There are a variety of Tuber Brumale truffle