Do you have truffle pizza?
TAR-tu-fo — three syllables, stress on first.
In a modern artisan pizzeria where creative toppings beyond the Neapolitan canon are offered. Truffle pizza is a popular premium option.
'Tartufo' = truffle. Truffle pizza uses either fresh truffle shaved on top after baking, truffle cream sauce as a base, or truffle oil. Fresh truffle is seasonal and expensive; truffle oil and cream are more common.
Con tartufo fresco o crema di tartufo?
With fresh truffle or truffle cream?
Confirm which version — fresh truffle is seasonal and much more expensive
Una pizza al tartufo e stracciatella.
A truffle and stracciatella pizza.
Stracciatella (fresh soft cheese) with truffle is a popular combination in contemporary Italian pizza
Il tartufo è nero o bianco?
Is the truffle black or white?
White truffle is far more expensive and delicate — the most prized Italian truffle
Italian truffle culture is centred in Umbria (black truffle from Norcia) and Piedmont (white truffle from Alba). White truffle season is October–December; black truffle is available most of the year. Pizza al tartufo has become a symbol of Italian 'pizza gourmet' — the premium end of the pizza market.