Rant: I spent $60 on a fancy truffle oil that tastes like chemicals

I bought a small bottle of white truffle oil from a high end shop for a special dinner last month. It smelled strong but tasted like fake perfume and ruined a whole batch of risotto. Has anyone found a brand that actually tastes like real truffles?

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oscar6667mo ago

My cousin in Italy warned me about that exact thing.

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masonbell6mo ago

Tell me what they said exactly. I need to know if their warning matches what I've heard. This stuff gets weirdly specific by region.

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hart.mark6mo ago

Oh man, that's the worst. You basically paid sixty bucks to make your risotto taste like a chemistry set. @masonbell is right to ask for the warning details, because a lot of that stuff is just perfume oil with zero real truffle in it. I had a similar bottle that made my pasta taste like a weird floor cleaner. Now I just use a tiny bit of the real mushroom if I can find it, or skip it entirely. That fake oil smell sticks to everything.

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