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    Home > Blog > Uncategorized > Truffle Hunting in Italy

    Truffle Hunting in Italy

    by Teri Lyn Fisher · Published: Feb 17, 2016 · Modified: Jun 7, 2022

    A woman digging for truffles in a forest with dogs.If you follow us on instagram you may have noticed last year I went on a trip throughout Italy for two and half weeks. One of my favorite parts was Tuscany, and our time spent there was so relaxing. It is as beautiful and quaint as people say, and even more amazing in person than all the pictures of the rolling hills you see. During our stay we were lucky enough to go on a little truffle hunting excursion. The hotel grounds where we stayed are enormous, and home to a lot of wildlife and also truffles. The patch of land has lots of oak, ash and white poplars; all which make terrific environments for white truffles. There was a group of maybe 6 or so of us, and we all piled into the back of a truck and made our way to an area of the hotels land where they had had luck before hunting. We were told that all the truffle hunters in Tuscany are truffle hunters because their parents were, it is an occupation that is kept in families. The truffle hunter we went with brought two dogs. One was the mother, and the other the daughter who was in training. The dogs are a certain breed called Lagotto Romagnalo. We walked and walked through the forest of trees while the dogs sniffed around. They were a little timid at first, but once they warm up you, they would come by for pets pretty often ☺ The tool you see on the lady’s back is a truffle hunting tool they use to dig, it’s called a Vanghino. When the dogs find a truffle they kind of swarm the area excitedly. Then the truffle hunter comes in with her tool and starts to dig a little, she grabs handfuls of dirt and smells it for the truffle scent. If there is nothing there, she replaces the dirt and we keep moving. She can tell pretty quickly by smelling the dirt if the truffle is worth digging more, or if it’s just nothing. Apparently we were competing a lot with wild boars, you could see their holes in the roots of the trees, they were very fresh. We ended up finding one truffle, they said it was worth about $35 or so dollars. We walked around a bit more, and then headed back to the hotel where we had a pasta lunch that had the freshly shaved truffle we had just found on top. This will by far be one of my most favorite memories from Italy. ☺
    ♥ Teri
    A woman with dogs on a dirt field.A woman with dogs walking on a path in a forest.A woman with dogs walking on a path to an opening.A woman with dogs walking in a forest.A woman digging and examining dirt, hunting for truffles in a forest.A woman examining dirt, hunting for truffles in a forest.Two dogs side by side hunting for truffles at the edge of a forest.A close up of a freshly dug white truffle in a hand.A plate of pasta with freshly shaved white truffle next to a fork and knife.

    February 17, 2016 / 9 Comments

    About Teri Lyn Fisher

    Teri Lyn Fisher is half of Spoon Fork Bacon. She is also a food and cosmetics photographer. She is a big fan of hot dogs. #sfbTERI

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    1. İstanbul'da gezilecek yerler

      June 06, 2019 at 10:14 pm

      Sounds like a wonderful experience. Thanks

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    2. istanbulda gezilecek yerler

      April 01, 2019 at 7:23 am

      it looks very nice

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    3. Julia Stearns

      February 28, 2019 at 1:21 pm

      Dogs have a super-human sense of smell, but they don’t need to be trained to find truffles and find them with astonishing regularity (relatively speaking)

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    4. Daniel

      October 10, 2017 at 6:16 am

      Hunting truffles now a days is likely becoming a trend not just because of the the variety of culinary use of it but it also comes with a very high price tag. A lot of people would pay extra just to get a hold of a very delicious, delicate, and hard to find truffles. On the question how expensive truffles really are, you can read and watch this article about truffle hunting to learn more here https://www.trufflemagic.com/blog/magic-truffle-hunting/

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    5. Jill Roberts

      July 31, 2017 at 6:29 am

      Hi, gorgeous photos! Cute dogs! I hope this truffle worth it! I’ve never tasted these mushrooms! Thx for sharing!

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    6. Connie

      February 28, 2016 at 2:46 pm

      Thanks so much for sharing this story and the lovely photographs!

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    7. Erin | WellPlated

      February 18, 2016 at 5:27 pm

      This is on my life bucket list! I’ve always wanted to truffle hunt in France, but I might have to update my location to Italy :)

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    8. Rebeccah

      February 18, 2016 at 6:57 am

      Sounds like a wonderful experience! We weren’t able to go truffle hunting when we were in Tuscany a few years ago, but it’s on the must-do list for when we go back someday!

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    9. Nadia

      February 18, 2016 at 6:44 am

      Delicious. Here in Dordogne we get the black truffle. Sells for about $1000 per kilo. Unfortunately, I do not have any on my property or have not found any. My neighbour does have. Maybe I need a truffle doggie?

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