June 2013

Truffle farm lure for high-end land buyers
New Zealand Herald
Te Arai Estate, an hour north of Auckland, has New Zealand's largest truffle farm. Photo / Mark Carter. A private country estate north of Auckland is being pitched at potential buyers with a unique selling point - it boasts New Zealand's largest ...
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Feel like entering the truffle business? Here's your chance
The Queensland Times
A PRIVATE country estate north of Auckland is being pitched at potential buyers with a unique selling point - it boasts New Zealand's largest truffle plantation. Te Arai Estate is a 500-acre farm owned by high-profile developer John Sax, who is in the ...
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New species of truffle found in Finland - Science News
A species of truffle that is considered to be rare has been found for the first time in Finland. Previously it has been thought to exist only in the Pacific Northwest ...
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New method makes truffles easier to find
The Albany Herald
A type of mushroom, truffles aid in the nutrition of pecan trees. They grow on the trees' roots and collect nutrients. Just like their French cousins, truffles found in Georgia are in high demand in the gourmet food industry. Truffles can be added to ...
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Truffle growers scent bumper season
The West Australian
Manjimup's truffle producers are preparing their dog squads for a bumper season as demand from Europe and Asia for South West-grown "black diamonds" soars. The region's three key producers plan to start sending in packs of expertly trained dogs - their ...
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Australian truffles pass the taste test as French say oui
Sydney Morning Herald
Truffles are a quintessentially French delicacy, but Australian truffles are now in hot demand in France. At a recent global truffle conference in Spain, Australian growers were acknowledged as producing the highest yield per hectare of truffle farm in ...
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Ways with truffles
Good Food
About 10 grams of black truffle will truffle about 250 grams of butter. Finely chop the black truffleuntil it resembles grated chocolate. Mash 250 grams good quality butter until soft. Add finely chopped truffle and combine until the truffle is evenly ...
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Hunt out gourmet truffles at Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival
They've been described as 'the diamond of the kitchen', while celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is reported to have paid £9000 for just four of them. Truffles have ...
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Truffle farm hopes to spark interest by listing rare fungus online
ABC Online
A south-west truffle farm is generating interest in a rare truffle by advertising it for sale via online trading site eBay. Manjimup's Wine and Truffle Company is selling the black truffle, weighing in at 411 grams, via auction on the popular website ...
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Digging in to root out a solution for local truffle growers
The Canberra Times
The mystery and secrecy of truffles is part of their allure - and has been a large part of some of the Australian industry's biggest successes and most heart-breaking failures. But with many growers still struggling to produce commercial crops, the ...
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