RECIPES
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Savory recipes with chestnuts and chestnuts
Chestnut and Porcini Mushroom Soup
- Ingredients: Boiled or roasted chestnuts, porcini mushrooms, potatoes, onion, rosemary, vegetable broth.
- Description: Full-bodied mountain dish, ideal on cold days. Chestnuts give sweetness, mushrooms depth.
Pumpkin and chestnut cream soup
- Ingredients: Cooked chestnuts, pumpkin, leek or onion, broth, vegetable or milk cream.
- Description: Sweet-savory cream soup, great with croutons and a drizzle of raw EVO oil.
Risotto with chestnuts and bacon
- Ingredients: Carnaroli rice, boiled and crumbled chestnuts, smoked bacon, broth, parmesan cheese.
- Description: Creative recipe where the sweetness of the brown marries with the saltiness of the bacon.
Chestnut flour porridge (or “pattona”)
- Ingredients: Chestnut flour, water, salt. Optional: addition of bacon or ricotta cheese.
- Description: A typical dish of the Apennines, it can accompany aged cheeses or sausages.
Chestnut Dumplings
- Ingredients: Chestnut flour, potatoes, eggs, salt.
- Condiment: Butter and sage, or wild boar or mushroom ragout.
- Description: Rustic dumplings with a delicate but strong taste.
Salted Chestnut Flour Pancakes
- Ingredients: Chestnut flour, water, rosemary, salt, oil.
- Description: Savory version of the classic “pancakes,” to be served as an appetizer or snack.
Stewed chestnuts with sausage
- Ingredients: Boiled chestnuts, sausage, onion, red wine, bay leaves.
- Description: Peasant dish, very nutritious, ideal as a main course or main dish.
Salty cake with chestnuts and cheese
- Ingredients: Brisée dough, cooked chestnuts in pieces, cheese (e.g. taleggio or fontina cheese), eggs.
Sweet recipes with chestnuts and chestnuts
White Mountain
Origin: Piedmont/France
Ingredients: Boiled chestnuts, sugar, milk, whipped cream, bitter cocoa
Description: Elegant spoon dessert. Chestnuts are pureed, sweetened and arranged in mountains. Topped with whipped cream to simulate snow.
Castagnaccio
Origin: Tuscany, Liguria, Emilia
Ingredients: Chestnut flour, water, EVO oil, pine nuts, raisins, rosemary, salt
Description: A poor, compact dessert, without sugar. Traditionally baked in a shallow pan and served in slices. Vegan and gluten-free!
Chestnut and Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: Chestnut flour, eggs, sugar, butter, dark chocolate, yeast
Description: Soft cake with a full, bold flavor. The chocolate-chestnut combination is a mouthwatering classic.
Chestnut Flour Panna Cotta
Ingredients: Fresh cream, milk, chestnut flour, sugar, gelatin
Description: Original variant of the classic panna cotta, with sweet and aromatic flavor.
Biscuits with Chestnut Flour
Ingredients: Chestnut flour, rice flour, sugar, butter, eggs, yeast
Description: Rustic and fragrant cookies, great with a black tea or an autumn herbal tea.
Cream of chestnuts
Ingredients: Boiled chestnuts, sugar, vanilla, milk
Description: Sweet spreadable cream, used for tarts, spoon cakes or simply on toast.
Chestnut and Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients: Cooked chestnuts, dark chocolate, cream, sugar
Description: A velvety and mouth-watering mousse, great served in small glasses with cream or granola topping.
Chestnut Flour Muffins
Ingredients: Chestnut flour, eggs, sugar, yogurt, yeast, oil
Description: Fluffy and delicate, ideal for breakfast or snack.