Chestnut Chocolate Marquise
26 September 2005

…seasonal recipes. I’m not a big fan of chestnuts per se, but it’s a different story when … I think my most frequently prepared dessert using chestnuts is Mont Blanc – I love the simplicity of it … that lets the flavour of chestnuts really come out. I found this recipe in Emily … but it didn’t taste as strongly as of chestnuts as I expected – I think it depends on what …

 

Does This Look... Scary?
27 March 2005

…sold recently. I’m not really mad about chestnuts per se, but quite like puree when used in cakes … gives it a lovely texture. I used to buy fresh chestnuts for this, but as you can imagine, it is quite … brown!). I’ve been using Sierra Rica cooked chestnuts instead and I think they taste almost as good as …

 

Mont Blanc with Poached Pear
5 January 2007

 

Jimmy's Farm
9 March 2006

…where they can forage for wild garlic, acorns and chestnuts etc. Peter Gott from Sillfield Farm in Cumbria is …

 

At the Special Corner of the Iberian Peninsula
26 September 2008

…for a long time since I first tried their organic chestnuts. Alastair’s love affair with Spain had …