Sweet Chestnuts

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

OK - so I can roast them and I can make soup out of them... what else? I have a rather good supply after a 45 min forage this afternoon. The tree just kept throwing them at me!

6lbs or 2.75kg in 45 mins.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I love roasted chestnuts!!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I only like them raw. Cooking them makes them taste horrible!

OK - raw is not a way I have tried them...

 

[Dayvo]

I'm fond of chestnut stuffing.

 

[sight-pin]

You could also use some to make Chestnut stuffing etc

Edit, ^ You beat me to it lol

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Let them dry out a bit, otherwise the membrane that sticks to the nut is very bitter. The nut itself is sweet and gorgeous

with them being really fresh, the skins have come off very easily whilst shelling/peeling them... just tried one and was pleasantly surprised. thank you!

 

[theclaud]

I was about to say "Lamb Tagine", but am I right in thinking you don't eat meat, @SatNavSaysStraightOn?

There's a bonkers Italian chestnut pudding called, for obvious reasons, Monte Bianco:

I like roasted chestnuts fried with onions and brussels sprouts (bacon optional).

 

[summerdays]

My middle child has just returned from a French exchange with tinned chestnuts, chestnut purée, home made purée (the grandmother made it), chestnut purée in a tube. I've yet to work out what I should use the purée for! So any recipe ideas will be gladly accepted.

 

[Hacienda71]

Roasted some foraged ones on Sunday. Lovely.
I did wonder if you could make a sort of houmous style sweet puree out of them.

 

[ScotiaLass]

http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/5929

A few nice recipes here

 

[rich p]

Nice in stews

 

[Eribiste]

My middle child has just returned from a French exchange with tinned chestnuts, chestnut purée, home made purée (the grandmother made it), chestnut purée in a tube. I've yet to work out what I should use the purée for! So any recipe ideas will be gladly accepted.

There is a really rich, thoroughly decadent chocolate and chestnut terrine recipe by Nigel Slater that I've cobbled together a couple of times. As the recipe says, it is really rich (did I mention that) so you wouldn't want too much of it at a sitting. Give it a go!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodandd...-chestnut-terrine-recipe-by-Nigel-Slater.html

 

[Crackle]

Are sweet chestnuts the little ones that are in clumps of three or for? I'm not sure I'd know a sweet chestnut if it fell on my head, which it probably has?

 

[rich p]

Are sweet chestnuts the little ones that are in clumps of three or for? I'm not sure I'd know a sweet chestnut if it fell on my head, which it probably has?

Chest nuts hang slightly higher than scrotal nuts. I hope that helps.

 

[Crackle]

Done some reading now. Cases are sharp little critters. I think I picked one out the dogs paw the other day. I shall head back to the site and investigate.