Excellence is
Passion, tradition and taste
Our company was born to know our region’s excellences. Etymology of appetite isn’t instinct but attraction, and for us that is the pull that keeps us coming back for more.
Since ancient times, truffle is the precious treasure of the cuisine. Abruzzo has a rich soil, where precious truffles bloom. I Tesori D’Abruzzo product’s are a perfect addition with main dishes, fish and meat.
If you appreciate truffles you have to taste our specialties!
Our truffles
Passion for our land
Since days of old times, Truffle is the precious treasure of the earth. Truffle, knowed since Roman’s Age, is a hypogeal’s mushroom. It grows up with the roots of some plants, like oak or holm-oak. Truffles are composed by a external surface named peridium. This surface may be smooth or rough. The gleba in the internal part and its color changes according to maturity. The shape and the size depend of truffle’s type, climate and soil in which it grows.
Precious white truffle
Tuber magnatum pico
White truffle is the precious one. The peridium is smooth, yellowish coloured. The gleba has yellow, grey or white color, according to maturity. The smell is unmistakable, intense, like mature cheese.
Precious black truffle
Tuber Melanosporum Vitt.
Black Truffle is the most delicious among truffles. The peridium is rough and it is black coloured, with reddish shades. The gleba is black coloured with whitish veins. The smell is intense, aromatic, fruity. It is called sweet black truffle for its balanced and strong taste.
Scorzone truffle
Tuber Aestivum Vitt.
This truffle, named Scorzone, is the most common truffle. The peridium is rough and it is black coloured with pyramidal protuberance. The gleba is brown coloured, with whitish veins. The aromatic smell is similar to porcini mushrooms’s and nut’s scent.
Bianchetto truffle
Tuber Borchii Vitt.
Sometimes Bianchetto truffle is confused for Alba’s Truffle. It’s smell is more delicate than the other ones with different aromas. The peridium is smooth, yellow or brown. The gleba is violaceus, with whitish and reddish veins. The smell is palatable, pungent, spicy and a little bit garlicky.
Unicinato truffle
Tuber Uncinatum Chatin
It’s considered a variant of Tuberum Aestivum. The peridium is rough and dark, the gleba has chocolate colour, more dark than Scorzone Truffle. The smell in more intense with characteristics sign of porcino mushroom and nut.
A diamond in the kitchen
Truffles are often called diamonds, and these diamonds are precious stones of Italian food. This type of gourmet food is distinguished by its intense smell. Truffle is the precious jewel and we can use a small quantity to enrich a lot of dishes, with its intense smell and delicate taste.
Abruzzo’s red gold
Saffron is called L’Aquila’s Red Gold and it’s considered, perhaps, the best saffron in the world, thanks to its taste and intense aroma. Its organoleptic properties are: length of the stigmas, strong aromatic power, its colouring agent.
Our real passion
Professional’s secrets are guarded and they are transferred from father to his son . Truffle work is a particular work, it isn’t a walk in the woods. Although we spend our time finding these treasures there, it’s very important to train particular dogs which are necessary to discover truffles more easily.
News
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Charm, history and ancient origins
It is one of the small villages of our territory
Reduction of white truffle production
Coldiretti Abruzzo, white truffle production decrease, price rises to 350
The truffle of Abruzzo
Abruzzo is the first region of Italy in terms of
The Abruzzo truffle fair is born
The promotional exhibition for the “Tartufo d’Abruzzo” is born and
