290787 Mon Nov 11 09:39:13 -0800 2002 4 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1579799 I'm hoping to host a New Year's Eve dinner party featuring lots and lots of white truffles -- but I know that the fresh white truffle season will be over by then. Does anyone know if white truffles can be successfully frozen? Or kept in a tightly seal container in the refrigertor? Or should I make different New Year's menu plans and hold my white truffle dinner now, in November? thanks Mon Nov 11 09:39:13 -0800 2002 0 Doug Mose 1 1579801 I am not sure if it works with white truffles, but I have stored black truffles successfully in a tub of rice. it kept the air off them and kept them dry. The rice also made a sensational risotto afterwards. It should work with a white truffle depending on how long you are keeping it for. I also have truffles in oil but again, black not white. S Mon Nov 11 09:53:33 -0800 2002 1579799 0 Simon Majumdar 2 1579845 When I've bought them direct from hunter in Piemonte , he always packed them in rice for me. Also , the sooner you eat them the better......they start to lose size and potency immediatly. Mon Nov 11 15:00:57 -0800 2002 1579801 0 celeryroot 1 1579828 I would encourage you to have your truffle dinner sooner rather than later. Given what you will pay for your white truffles, you will want to get maximun taste from them consuming them ASAP. They begin to lose their potency 5-7 days after they have been unearthed. While I have heard that you can store them in a jar of rice or chopped up in olive oil, the end result will be disappointing relative to what you will get from the truffles when they are relatively fresh. If you want to include white truffles in your New Year's Eve dinner, you should look for a tube of white truffle paste that you can use as a substitute at any time truffles are out of season. Mon Nov 11 13:17:53 -0800 2002 1579799 0 DavidT 2 1579861 I have heard that storing white truffles in rice is a poor idea unless you purpose is to transfer the flavor and the aroma to the rice. Truffles are perishable. Use or loose. Mon Nov 11 16:43:31 -0800 2002 1579828 0 Paul H