The tree at the bottom of my Garden has started dropping big fat chestnuts and you can roast them. I need to know how so i can try them for the first time.......hmmmmmm chestnuts.
2006-10-10 01:00:54 · 24 answers · asked by rgrahamh2o 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I know they are the right type. Horse chestnuts are called Conkers over here. This is a sweet chestnut tree.
2006-10-10 01:14:36 · update #1
1. Heat oven to 200C (400F)
2. Cut a cross into the top of each nut into the top of the flesh. Put in a roasting pan and bake until the skins open and the kernels are tender (about 30 mins).
3. Serve in paper bags so you can eat them without dropping them. Peel away the skin to get to the sweet kernels.
Wouldn't you know it? You've gotta cut a cross through the shell of each chestnut on one side before roasting.If you don't you will have an explosion in the oven!
2006-10-10 01:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by DB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ROASTED CHESTNUTS
Place the pierced nuts on a cookie sheet or a shallow pan and roast in a 425 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Our ancestors did this on a pan over an open fire but, until they learned to prick the skins, it was a pretty hazardous pastime, even if they did lay bets on whose might pop first.
BOILED CHESTNUTS: Pierce chestnuts, cover with water and boil until soft in center.
2006-10-10 04:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh Malcky that's exactly right, yes they do have that creamy, nutty taste, yum now I want some. I haven't seen one yet this year but now I shall be on the prowl and hope to find him at our local Christmas market on the 9th Dec. Roast chestnuts, a box of dates and a small silver dish of sugared almonds are what typified the season for me as a youngster. Being a traditionalist I still try and get all three for that feel good factor, lovely.
2016-03-28 03:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had British friends who would roast chestnuts at Christmas every year. They insisted that for "authenticity" the chestnuts needed to be roasted on the metal lid of a garbage can, over the open fire of the fireplace.
They smelled and tasted wonderful when they were done.
2006-10-10 01:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prick the chestnuts and put them in an oven; have one that isnt pricked. When that one bursts, you know the rest have been roasted to perfection.
You can also roast them in a griddle pan on the hob. Keep shaking the pan so that the chestnuts move around and get even heat.
2006-10-10 02:19:22 · answer #5 · answered by Vladivostoc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do check you have the correct type for eating, horse chestnuts are not edible (you'll know if you try one, they are very bitter).
To cook - score the surface (to prevent expoding chestnuts), put in tray with a little water, raost in a hot oven until done (test with a skewer, should slide into centre easily)
2006-10-10 01:12:06 · answer #6 · answered by questioneer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best way to roast them is over an open flame. Take an old frying pan and drill holes in the base, pop them in and give them 10 mins on the open flame. Best served with a nice heavy red wine!
2006-10-10 01:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chestnuts roasting on an open fiiiiiiirrrre....
2006-10-10 01:08:30 · answer #8 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question brings back memories, they used to be roasted over a fire and sold on the streets of London during the winter, that's probably the best way.
Hope you enjoy them, I did.
2006-10-10 01:15:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you put them in the oven and bake for about 10 mins. don't leave them too long though or they'll be dry. they can be put in microwave also but i recommend oven. i fancy a roasted chestnut now lol
2006-10-10 01:20:08 · answer #10 · answered by sherry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋