Chestnut Info

Title:
Chestnut Info

Yield:
1 Servings

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Ingredients:





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 Chestnuts are versatile and low in fat.


 


 One ounce of chestnuts contains 60 calories and 0.6g of fat.  Chestnuts are


 the only nut approved by the low-fat Pritikin System.  They are high in


 carbohydrates.


 


 California's crop, grown around Sacramento, comes in during Sept, but


 imported Italian nuts are here until the first of the year.


 


 Substitute the nuts for other nut types in poultry and wild game stuffings,


 breads or cinnamon roll recipes.


 


 Fresh chestnuts must be cooked before being included in recipes.  To


 prepare them for baking, preheat the oven to 400 deg F.  Using a


 short-bladed or chestnut knife, carve an X onto the flat side of each nut


 to prevent it from bursting.


 


 Place the nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet and roast in the


 preheated oven 15 - 20 min.  (They also may be cooked in the microwave for


 about 5 min at full power.)  The nuts should be mealy in the center when


 pierced with the tip of a knife.  Remove immediately from the baking sheet


 to a thick, clean cloth.  When barely cool enough to handle, crack the nuts


 with your hands and use the same knife to peel off the outer shell and then


 the funny inner skin.  (At this point you may cover the whole nuts tightly


 and refrigerate until needed.) Coarsely chop the nuts and set aside.


 Recipe By     : San Jose Mercury News, B.Hensperger 12/31/95


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #244


 


 Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:30:54 -0400


 


 From: "Sharon L. Nardo" 


 


 NOTES : Typed by Reggie Dwork.