Boiled Chestnuts
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 4 ingredients
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- To eat chestnuts as a relish of an evening, or for Hallowe'en, throw them into a kettle of boiling water and add one teaspoonful of salt to each pint of chestnuts.
- Boil rapidly for twenty minutes.
- Drain in a colander, and serve smoking hot.
- To Serve as a Vegetable in the place of potatoes, remove the shell and the brown skin underneath.
- Throw the chestnuts into boiling water, and boil rapidly for twenty minutes or until they are perfectly tender;
- drain;
- season lightly with salt and shake them over the fire until they are dry and mealy.
- Serve plain or with cream sauce.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Colander
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Kettle