Dean and Deluca Truffle Salt

This Dean and Deluca truffle salt is one of the best salts I have ever tasted. Sounds bizarre, but it is true. The Dean and Deluca website says that this salt goes well with steak, risotto, eggs and potatoes, but in my opinion, it is best eaten on its own.

You know how kids sneak to the cookie jar to steal cookies...well, I would say that this is my cookie jar equivalent.

This is an Italian sea salt mixed with black truffles from Abruzzi. If you have never tasted truffle before (not the chocolate truffle), it is has a very rich and earthy taste. This fungus is one of the most expensive and prized foods in the world. It can go anywhere from a few hundred to over a thousand dollars per pound.

Hunting for truffles is no easy feat either. They cannot be cultivated and they grow underground, so sows and dogs are trained and used to hunt for truffles. Dogs are more common nowadays because sows tend to eat the truffles when they find them.

I would love to go hunting for truffles someday. I saw it once on David Rocco's show, Dolce Vita, and it looked really neat.