TRUFF Black Truffle Hot Sauce

TRUFF is the hot sauce that made hot sauce a gift: ripe chili peppers, black truffle, agave and a little cumin in a bottle shaped like a faceted stone with a heavy cap. It is medium heat and more savory than fiery, so it goes on eggs, pizza, fries, tacos and roast vegetables without taking over. The truffle is real and you can taste it.

It is the stocking stuffer for a brother or husband with a hot sauce shelf, the neighbor gift that beats a tin of cookies, and the thank-you for a coworker who shares lunch. For a foodie it is the bottle they have seen and not tried.

Six ounces, no refrigeration needed, and the bottle looks good left on the table. Fifteen dollars, and the empty bottle gets kept.