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Cooking and Storing Sweet Chestnuts

07
May, 2017
By Sally Osgerby
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Sweet Chestnuts can be cooked or stored and are very nutritious.

The Sweet Chestnut Tree (latin name – Castanea sativa) grows to a height of about 30m.

sweet chestnut tree

sweet chestnut tree

The Sweet Chestnut produces spiny fruit which encase the edible chestnut, traditionally roasted in bonfires.

This is How To Store Sweet Chestnuts:

  • dry sweet chestnuts in a very low oven until hard
  • store in an airtight dry jar in a cool, dark cupboard
  • dry sweet chestnuts will keep for years
  • to reconstitute dry sweet chestnuts, put in boiling water to cover for an hour or so and use as recipe.

 

sweet chestnuts

sweet chestnuts

 

The nutritional value of sweet chestnuts is high:

  • the only nut containing vitamin C
  • full of fibre – 4.1gfibre/100g chestnut
  • trace elements including potassium, iron, zinc and manganese
  • gluten free
  • no cholesterol
  • calories in 50g serving (5 chestnuts) = 85kcal
  • low in fat – 2.7g fat/100g – less than 1/3 of the calories of pistachios

To Cook a Chestnut snack:

  • roast for 20 minutes in a hot oven until the skin comes off
  • peel
  • eat pure or cover with favourite seasoning

It is fun collecting the nutritious sweet chestnuts in the autumn; they can be cooked or stored.

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