Crystallized Chestnuts Recipe - Cooking Index
Crystallized Chestnuts Recipe - Cooking Index
| 500 | Chestnuts | |
| 1 cup | 198g / 7oz | Sugar |
| 1 | Cinnamon - 5 cm long | |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Water |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons | 22ml | Rum |
These titbits are good with strong coffee to round off a meal.
Simmer 500 g peeled chestnuts in water for 20 minutes or until soft. Do not stir in case the chestnuts break up. When they are cooked, remove them gently from the water to a colander, using a slotted spoon.
In a saucepan boil together without stirring 1 cup sugar, a 5 cm stick of cinnamon and half a cup of water, until a drop forms a soft ball in cold water. Skim the surface, cool, and add 1.5 tablespoons rum and the chestnuts. Stir mixture gently with a wooden spoon until it becomes creamy. Pour onto a greased platter and separate chestnuts with a spoon.
From an article by Meryl Constance in The Sydney Morning Herald, 5/4/93.
Source:
The Oregonian's "Food Day"
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