It is only in between these two extremes that black truffles' character fully reveals itself.
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In fact, scientists have detected a steroid compound in black truffles that triggers amorous urges in those foraging pigs.
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Cooking with black truffles also demands the full engagement of your senses.
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Top a succulent, Kobe beef burger with black truffles or foie gras at the famed Burger Bar, or savour delectable sushi at Asia, one of the city's most acclaimed contemporary hot spots.
It is at this moment, when autumn is under way and we just begin to sense winter looming, that black truffles start to appear in the kitchen at Mr. Ripert's Manhattan restaurant, Le Bernardin.
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One of the best examples is Lung King Heen, the Michelin-starred restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, where chef Chan Yan Tak has added duck liver and black truffles to pork dumplings, and invented new dim sums, like abalone baked in a cup of flaky puff pastry.
The particular properties of the volcanic soil are ideal for growing purple potatoes, black truffles, buckwheat, white corn and tomatoes, and Nogue insists the ingredients have a distinct flavour profile compared to the same vegetables and grains grown elsewhere, a characteristic he attributes to the soil's perfect balance of absorption and porosity, as well as its mineral properties.
The chef uses seasonal ingredients in dishes such as Arctic char with leeks and capers and hay-roasted sunchokes with black winter truffles.
Less aromatic than white truffles, black diamonds have a rougher, nut-like exterior and are usually found in cooked dishes.
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