A couple of weeks ago, my husband went motorcycle touring with two of his friends and bought back some chestnuts as a souvenir. So, I made candied chestnuts with them.
First, I peeled the outer shells and steamed them with the inner skins still on.
Then, I added brown sugar equal to 50% of the total weight of the chestnuts and simmered them for a while.
I sometimes skimmed the foam from the surface.
After skimming the syrup turned thicker, I added two tablespoons of brandy.
Here you go. Enjoy!
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Ooo! Those look really good! Though I know people who would add WAY more than 2 tablespoons of brandy, haha!
I think I never saw chestnut before! Is it kind of nut?
I hope you enjoyed it!
I've actually never had a chestnut in my life — candied or otherwise. Great post!
Chestnuts are a kind of nut. They grow in thick, spiky, green shells which hurt when they land on your head. Traditionally, children in the UK tie strings through them and knock them into each other to see which one is stronger in a game called conkers. They're delicious! Hopefully you can try them sometime!
A lot of Americans actually make chestnut stuffing for their Thanksgiving turkey. Thanksgiving is this month — maybe I'll get lucky! Thanks for the explanation!
@plantBAEsed Thank you for reading, correcting and commenting! Yeah, some people definitely do!
@Double-Zee It's interesting because we so used to take what we have for granted. Thank you for sharing! Yes, it's a kind of nut and delicious! We used them for cooking too, and I'll share a pound cake with them sometime soon!
@CocoPop I hope you'll get some on the Thanksgiving day! Thank you for the corrections as always!
@schmamie Thank you for the explanation! In Italy, there are chocolates with them, and I really love them! Do you have those chocolates too?
Oh i've never heard of those but they sound good...
@schmamie I believe conkers is played with horse chestnuts (at least that's what I played it with in the UK as a kid). Horse chestnuts are not edible and aren't related to edible chestnuts that Yumi is talking about. Edible chestnuts would be too soft for conkers, even raw.
@schmamie You should try them! They are too good!!!
@quassnoi I've seen the horse chestnuts when I was with my British friend in the UK. He also explained what @schmamie has written here. Your comment reminded me of Martyn's story. Thank you for sharing.