WOODFORD TRUFFLES SA

WhatsApp Kathi on 083 4419948 to make an order.

Truffles are harvested weekly though this period and graded in our Distribution Kitchen in Cape Town.

Truffles are shipped overnight across the country, Weekend orders are shipped on a Wednesday and released on confirmation of payment only.

Our sapling production techniques are advanced and proven, using thorough and scientific methods currently employed internationally, to cultivate the Black Winter Truffle. To date, Woodford has established over 100 hektars of Truffle orchards across South Africa. Some of these orchards are producing already and supplying Chefs, restaurants and private homes.

With solid relationships across the globe through the scientific community consulting for us, our thorough orchard monitoring will lead to successful truffle harvests.

If you are interested in becoming a grower and participating in a Truffle Joint Venture program or simply want innoculated trees to plant on your land, please contact us. Let us know where in South Africa your land is situated to enable us to ascertain its suitability for truffle growing and lets take it from there.

Truffles are the fruiting body of a mycorrhizal fungi. The fungi or Tuber Melanosporum lives in a symbiotic relationship on the roots of host Oak trees. Oaks are planted in rows in an orchard called a Truffiere.

Is your Area Cold Enough ?
The most important step is to establish if you have the right cold units. We need 800 cold units for truffles to be successfully propagated in your area.

Your day and night average winter temperature needs to be about 8° degrees. Lower temps are OK but higher temps are not ideal and would have to be tempered by mulching.

The Perigord Black Winter Truffle is a seasonally harvested fungi that ripens in South Africa’s winter, harvesting occurs from late June through to end of August. The aroma is a delicate combination of nutty and earthy flavours, with a subtle musty and woody aroma mixed with a gentle mushroom taste.

When cooking with truffle, it’s important to understand that the aroma is quite delicate. You can shave truffle freshly over a dish to give flavour and visual appeal or you can infuse a sauce with the truffle aroma. Heating the truflle too much and you will loose the aroma, so its importand to use the truffle at the last moment before serving, which is why it is often shaved over the dish at the table.

Using truffle as garnish can take on many forms, slicing shaved pieces into fine sticks, using cutter shapes to get uniformity or simply shaving slivers randomly can all add to your dishes’ level of elegance.