How to Make Chestnuts

Do not assume that the chestnuts that grow in our streets can be eaten. The matter is that it is a decorative chestnut, nutswhich is very bitter. Edible chestnuts grow in Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Caucasus. In Europe, edible chestnuts grow in many countries. Particularly valuable are the Sicilian. Of course, European chestnuts are almost not exported, so we are unlikely to be able to find select walnuts the size of mandarin on the market (which is what they are most valued for). But still we can buy chestnuts, which can be cooked.

Before preparation, chestnuts should be cleaned from the outer shell and bitter membranes. To wipe off all the dirt from the nut, it is rubbed with a brush.

The easiest way to cook chestnuts is to fry them. Chestnuts are fried in a frying pan (only notteflon). Before roasting on chestnuts, small incisions should be made on their flat side. Without cuts, they will explode. Cover the frying pan with a lid and just wait until they are ready. The most delicious chestnuts are those that are about to burst. Fried chestnuts should be eaten only hot.

In addition, a large number of dishes are prepared from chestnuts. Tell in detail how to cook chestnuts.

Chestnut dessert

Want to surprise your guests with an unusual dish, then prepare a chestnut dessert. For its preparation you will need:

• 500 g of chestnuts


• 3 tbsp. l. butter


• 80 ml of cognac

To begin with, the chestnuts should be peeled. To do this, on a clean chestnut, make a cut in a criss-cross and put in the oven in the pan. At a temperature of 200 ° C they are heated until the skin does not burst. Then they can be pulled from the oven and peeled. Peeled chestnuts cook for 5 minutes.

Welded chestnuts are laid in a fireproof formand mixed with butter and a little sugar. Bake chestnuts in the oven for 20 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C. When the dish is served on the table, the chestnuts are watered with cognac and set on fire.

Pudding from chestnuts

Try to make a tender pudding from sweet chestnuts. For its preparation you will need:

• 2 tbsp. chestnuts


• 0.5 tbsp. Sahara


• 1 liter of milk


• 3 tbsp. l. butter


• 3/4 tbsp. flour


• 5 egg yolks


• 8 egg whites


• breadcrumbs

Pre-peeled chestnuts are cooked in 0.5 lmilk until ready. It is desirable that the chestnuts began to be boiled. Welded chestnuts cool and grind through a sieve. The resulting puree of chestnuts is bred with a small amount of milk and added sugar.

Butter should be grinded with flour andadd in chestnut puree. The cooked puree is boiled and then cooled. Separately, beat egg yolks, and then they inject foam from proteins. Whipped eggs are added to the cooked cold chestnut puree and the whole mixture is mixed well.

Now you can bake the pudding itself. Take any form for baking, grease it with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. In the prepared form pour chestnut puree and put in the oven for 45 minutes. Ready pudding can be poured with any sweet sauce.

As you can see, chestnuts are an excellent product for making desserts. But also from them you can boil soup, make ordinary puree, serve to fish, meat or add to salads. Try and you experiment with these nuts, especially now you know how to cook chestnuts.