Eat & Drink
TRUFFLE Kerfuffle
By Danielle Collis Photos Yanni
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estled along Arthurs Seat Road in Red Hill is the picturesque Red Hill Truffles farm. Stretching across 40 acres of rolling hills with orchards, you can smell the wood fire burning and hear the birds chirping from the entrance. Jenny McAuley inherited the property from her uncle in 2003, but her great grandfather was the first to own the land dating back to 1886. Originally an apple orchard, she saw the opportunity to produce something different. Seven generations later, Jenny has four varieties of trees including oak and hazelnuts and harvests mainly black truffle and summer truffles. continued next page... June 2020
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