In
this episode of ExtraVirgin Food and Travel, we talk with Gavin
Booth, of Australian Truffle Traders, whose truffles grace
plates at Heston Blumenthal's Fat
Duck, Gordon Ramsay's restaurants, London's lauded
2-Michelin starred Greenhouse and more.
Australia is the world's 4th biggest truffle producer
and a small Western Australian town, 4 hours drive from the nearest
airport has become the epicentre of truffle production in the
country, exporting up to 90% of its precious harvest of
tuber melanosporum, the revered black truffle to Europe, the US, the UK,
Japan and beyond.
We discuss with Gavin, the
growing and finding truffles, the close working relationship
between truffle hunter and dog, how to store them and most
importantly how to cook the luxury ingredient (hint -don't listen
while hungry!)