
1) Creamy chocolate candy 2) Culinary delicacy 3) Earth-ball 4) Earthnut 5) Edible fungi 6) Edible fungus 7) French word used in English 8) Fungus 9) Godiva chocolate treat 10) Godiva product 11) Mushroom type 12) Prized fungus 13) Prized subterranean fungus 14) Vosges treat
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1) Earthnut 2) Hognut
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A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean Ascomycete fungus, predominantly one of the many species of the genus Tuber. Some of the truffle species are highly prized as a food. French gourmand Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called truffles `the diamond of the kitchen`. Edible truffles are held in high esteem in Middle Eastern, French, Spani.....
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• (n.) Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.
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edible, subterranean fungus prized as a food delicacy from Classical times. Truffles are in the genus Tuber, order Pezizales (phylum Ascomycota, ... [1 related articles]
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A confection made of chocolate (ganache), butter, sugar, and sometimes liqueur shaped into balls and often coated with cocoa. Truffles are made by heating a rich blend of butter, cream, chocolate, and often a flavoring, delicately shaping it, and enrobing it with chocolate couverture.(milk, dark or white) Different truffle textures can be created b...
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Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish colour. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. Aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. ... <zoology> Truffle worm, the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles. ... Origin: OF. Trufle, F. Truffe; akin to Sp. ...
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Rare black or white fungus of the same family as the mushroom. Due to the cost, truffles are used mainly for garnishing.
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The crown of all chocolate creations, its namesake originates from the posh truffle mushroom
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This is a tuber of unusual flavor and aroma. It is savored in Italian and French cookery, and due to its scarcity,
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Often handmade, made from ganache of chocolate mass, cream and a little butter, shaped into a round ball or piped into a peak. Soft, yielding texture. Find out more about gourmet chocolate truffles.
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Truffles are subterranean fungi belonging to the family Tuberaceae of the natural order Ascomyceteae. They look similar to potatoes, but their structure is entirely different. When old they become full of brown spores, much like puff balls, but when young they are fleshy in texture. Several species are edible and are highly valued as flavouring age...
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[
n] - any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber 2. [n] - edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber 3. [n] - creamy chocolate candy
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noun creamy chocolate candy
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noun edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
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Any of a group of underground fungi (see fungus), certain of which are highly valued as edible delicacies; in particular, the species
Tuber melanosporum, generally found growing under oak trees. It is native to the Périgord region of France but is cultivated in other areas as well. It is rounded, blackish-brown, exte...
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