A Quick Guide How to Cook Chestnuts

How to Roast Chestnuts on a Fire

Best way to roast chestnuts is actually cooking over an open fire. You won't need much experience, you'll keep your kitchen clean, and you'll get a lot of fun. You will only need a chestnut roasting pan and a pair of thick gloves.

It is also an ancient European tradition - people get out on picnics in the autumn, particularly in October, and cook chestnuts right on open fire.

You can pick edible chestnuts in a forest, in a park or just buy some in a supermarket. In any case you'll get the most amazing and unforgettable taste when roasting them directly on a fire or on carbon at your home backyard barbecue.

For a photo guide about how to pick, peel and roast chestnuts on a fire or on barbecue click below:

Roasting Chestnuts on a Fire

How to Roast Chestnuts in Oven

My other chestnut roasting experience is connected with cooking chestnuts in oven.

Having made a necessary cross cut on each chestnut I was not very prepared on big and small chestnut explosions... my oven was messed up at the end. But oven roasted chestnuts still came out great!

After that Tuscan people have teached me how to cook chestnuts right. Read more about best way of

Roasting Chestnuts in the Oven

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How to Cook Chestnuts on Pan

A specific chestnut roasting pan is the best to use for this purpose but you can still cook some good chestnuts even if you don't have one.

Chestnut pans are easy to buy in Tuscany, Italy in many shops. Alternatively, if you're not planning to visit Tuscany, you can order one online or find one somewhere locally. For roasting chestnuts on the pan you should prepare a regular or a specific chestnut frying pan, some napkins or a towel and a half-glass of water.

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How to Pan Roast Chestnuts

Chestnuts Nutrition

Sweet chestnuts are the most popular kind of edible chestnuts. Chestnuts are high calorie products - like all the nuts are in general.

However, chestnuts are much lower in fats in comparison with other nuts like almonds or walnuts. Edible chestnuts contain minerals, cellulose, sugars, starch and vitamins C (uniquely among nuts), A and B group.

Although sweet chestnut are low in fats - only 5%, it is high in carbohydrates - up to 62%. Naturally gluten-free, making them a safe flour alternative (chestnut flour) for people with celiac disease.