Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Italian dessert consisting of ice cream shaped into a ball, filled with cherries, nuts, or other ingredients, and coated in chocolate.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, truffle, tartufo, from Vulgar Latin *territūferum, truffle, from Latin terrae tūber : terrae, genitive of terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots + tūber, lump (probably influenced by dialectal *tūfer); see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • For dessert, try the extra virgin olive oil and honey ricotta cheesecake with olive-oil ice cream or the chocolate-hazelnut tartufo—a mound of chocolate ice cream wrapped around cherry sorbet and rolled in nuts.

    Wine, Wine, Wine, but There's Food, Too 2011

  • In addition to offering tennis ball-sized tartufo and potential Whoopi Goldberg sightings, the club hopes the move will help erase the memory of the Aughts.

    At National Realty Club Lunch, Cautious Pessimism About 2010 2010

  • In addition to offering tennis ball-sized tartufo and potential Whoopi Goldberg sightings, the club hopes the move will help erase the memory of the Aughts.

    At National Realty Club Lunch, Cautious Pessimism About 2010 2010

  • The Mizuna salad, $10, has truffle vinaigrette, murcott tangerine and caciotta al tartufo.

    5A5 Steak Lounge 2010

  • With extended stomachs, we offered no resistance when the pumpkin praline pie and the tartufo, consisting of vanilla and chocolate ice cream with hazelnuts, arrived.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • With extended stomachs, we offered no resistance when the pumpkin praline pie and the tartufo, consisting of vanilla and chocolate ice cream with hazelnuts, arrived.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Claudio and Franco, our friendly and attentive, stripe-vested waiters who look straight out of a 50s movie bring me risotto ai funghi freschi (with a well-worth-it 16€ supplement for tartufo, fresh-shaved white truffles on top).

    Dr. Irene S. Levine: A Day in Bologna 2010

  • With extended stomachs, we offered no resistance when the pumpkin praline pie and the tartufo, consisting of vanilla and chocolate ice cream with hazelnuts, arrived.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • The best dark chocolate coffee tartufo imaginable, served with a little candied lemon.

    Ed Levine: The Four-Star Italian We've Been Waiting For 2009

  • “Everything you need to know, mi tartufo di amore.”

    Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » Early Christmas – day 2 + Chapter 2 2008

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