"Christine Dabney" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> I know there are quite a few varieties of truffle oil out there, but
> most aren't worth much...they have no truffle flavor or aroma at all,
> and they have gotten a bad review.
>
> However I remember there being one or two brands that were actually
> considered fairly good. Does anyone know what they are? I am here in
> the bay area and would like to get some before I head back to New
> Mexico in about a week. I doubt I would be able to find them in
> Albuquerque, and maybe not even Santa Fe.

I can't give you a brand name and I suspect that oils with a brand name are
the product of big factories and might be the bad kind. Look at the label.
It should say truffles and probably even what type. (estive, etc.) The ones
that say flavors or whatever are using artificial truffle flavor.

We have a small company here that makes truffle oil. I don't know where it
goes, but they don't make enough for it to hit the shelves of our big
supermarket. That's the story on truffle oil... you have to find a shop or
a person who connects you to a small manufacturer. There are just not so
many truffles that have flavor. You can leave Chinese truffles for a year
in oil and it will never taste of anything. You need French or Italian
truffles, I believe. That's why a big factory can't take a couple of tons
of them and make gallons and gallons of truffle oil for the world market, so
they fake it.

Once you get it, between uses keep it in the box in the fridge. Yes, that
much datk and cool. It will last a long time that way.