Truffles

Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs

Abruzzi is characterized by the best truffle picking of all over the world and the 40% of the Italian truffles are produced in this region. In Sirente Velino Park, the production of the cultivated truffle involves the area of Subequana Valley and northern Marsica, with different varieties and also rather significant productions.

Truffles are particular fungi whose fruiting body grows underground near plants like oaks, pines, poplars, or shrubs like hazelnuts and hop hornbeams. In Abruzzi it is possible to find the following truffle varieties:

Tuber melanosporum - precious black truffle, with a round shape and a black color
Tuber aestivum - called scorzone or black summer truffle, with a sweetish-earthy smell
Tuber brumale - the winter truffle or moscato, similar to the precious black truffle, but with a stronger smell
Tuber magnatum, with a pleasant and aromatic smell.

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