Pureed summer truffles are combined with extra virgin olive oil to create an intensely flavorful paste to top hors d'oeuvres, stir into pasta and rice dishes or to use as a condiment for fried eggs, roasted meats and game. Italy has an ancient heart. At the heart, in Umbria, a region of woods and hills, the land offers one of its most mysterious and precious fruits: the truffle. Truffles are an underground fungus, first discovered in Roman times, which can only be found thanks to its aroma.