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  • noun Plural form of truffle.

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Examples

  • The board of dipped truffles is popped into the fridge for ten minutes or so to fully harden the shell and the decorations, then they are quickly trimmed and placed into two ounce paper soufflé cups, the cups put into containers and the containers into the fridge.

    Tempering, Dipping, Trimming, 2009

  • The board of dipped truffles is popped into the fridge for ten minutes or so to fully harden the shell and the decorations, then they are quickly trimmed and placed into two ounce paper soufflé cups, the cups put into containers and the containers into the fridge.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • This ancient Roman colony, once a papal possession, is as much celebrated for its market dealing in truffles as for its scenic surroundings.

    2000 Tour cities 2000

  • One of the pious ecclesiastics who knew very little Italian, pricked up his ears at the word truffles, which seemed to have a familiar sound.

    Ninon de L'Enclos the Celebrated Beauty of the 17th Century Robinson, Charles Henry 1903

  • Noma's serves Scandinavian specialties like truffles from the Swedish island of Gotland and new creations like cured scallops served with a sea-urchin sauce and dressed with sea-buckthorn berries.

    Brown Cheese And Birch: Nordic Foods' Appeal Grows J. S. Marcus 2011

  • For me, the truffles are the high-end part of the brand.

    A High-End Chocolatier 2008

  • For me, the truffles are the high-end part of the brand.

    A High-End Chocolatier Finds a Sweet Spot in the Market 2008

  • Why are chocolate truffles called truffles, anyway?

    Archive 2007-02-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

  • Brilynn, so glad it arrived safe and sound and that the truffles were a hit.

    Truffles- The More Accessible Kind Brilynn 2006

  • Gentleman eating ruffles -- no, truffles, which is a vegetable, as all pigs is uncommon partial to.

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

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