Tuscan-style boiled chestnuts

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boiled chestnuts in Tuscany in the Maremma are made like this ..
my all Maremma recipe πŸ™‚ Tuscan-style boiled chestnuts

chestnuts
  • DifficultyVery easy
  • CostMedium
  • Serving4
  • Cooking methodBoiling
  • CuisineItalian

Ingredients

what is needed
  • 400 gchestnuts (400 grams brown chestnuts 🌰🌰🌰🌰)
  • water (water to cover the chestnuts in the cooking pan to boil)
  • 3 pinchesSalt πŸ§‚ (3 pinches Salt πŸ§‚)
  • 3 teaspoonsfennel seeds (teaspoons Fennel seeds πŸ‚πŸ‚ (2 or 3 teaspoons or a handful))

Tools

  • 1 Pot 1 High steel pot 🌰🌰🌰
  • 1 Knife 1 Knife for cutting chestnuts 🌰🌰🌰
  • Fork 1 Steel fork to feel the chestnut when cooked

Step by step preparation .. see also photos Tuscan-style boiled chestnuts

  1. 1 Steel fork to feel the chestnut when cooked

    step by step procedure

    image 1 wash the chestnuts and then cut the top of each chestnut…. cut thin just enough to remove the head πŸ™‚ 🌰🌰🌰

    img 2 put the chestnuts in a pot covered with water, add the fennel seeds and salt, cover the pot with the lid and cook until the chestnuts are cooked … to see the cooking pierce with a fork when the chestnut is cooked the fork pierces the chestnut πŸ™‚ 🌰🌰🌰

    images 3 & 4 boiled chestnuts, ready to be eaten both hot and cold, I personally like them cold 🌰🌰🌰

    easy right? they are very tasty …

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notes

a tip the water of boiling chestnuts can be used in cosmetic recipes I will tell you how…. to know everything about the chestnut, read its properties here

boiled chestnuts can be eaten without accompaniment, with good tea, or with a good red wine … for an unusual aperitif it is ideal Tuscan-style boiled chestnuts

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