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!)