Roasting Chestnuts an effective, easy, successful approach.

[JenniBick]

How do you eat these after they're roasted? Just plain? I've never had chestnuts but I'm excited to try!

[AmberFaithChloe]

My finger became terrible blistered after doing this!

[theuglykwan]

I usually just boil them as i prefer them soft, tender and sweet.

I have the roast chestnuts in south east asia from street stalls, they give you a small plastic thing for your thumb to crack them open - saves your finger alot of stress!

[thebanj]

More research..... Boil them in slightly salty water and soak them first and then make the cuts, seems a lot easier. The adding of some sherry really opens them out. Place a piece of aluminium foil 'lining' in the baking tray and leave an eighth of an inch of water in with them also gets them moist and open. The research continues.....

[thebanj]

I will definitely try the oil and alcohol part. In the words of the Firesign Theatre, "You've saved me a lot of investigative work" by showing the conversion. What I have found is that the chestnuts that haven't opened out completely peel easier if you leave them for a few minutes the 'internal steam' to soften the skin. Thanks Tony

[1bebilo]

thanks Tony for your video I will try it. It's possible to cook the chetnuts adding little oil to the water. Also I found that adding little alcool( wodka per ex.) will let the thin shell peel easier! any way I will try your metod next time.

how to swich from farenheit to celsius?

farent. temp. minus 32 = x

x mutiplicate by 5= xx

xx divide by 9 = the temp.in celsius.

happy christmas for the whole world !!!

[seka1986]

I don't know what "gas mark 6" is but here in the USA 400 to 425 degrees F works well.

[adavison1949]

I can certainly vouch for this method as I was eating them on sunday and they were delicious!!!!

[Daniellerink]

what a gas marker six

[thebanj]

There are a few different things that you can try and soaking them for longer can help but I've never tried overnight. In essence the water helps to 'steam' the chestnuts as they come out of their shells. Not cutting from the very tip down the sides also helps but you have to bash the chestnuts with a hammer to get them to open easily.

Thanks for the comment. Tony Happy Christmas

[UselessSkill]

Looks good, if you soak them over night how does it affect the firmness of the chestnuts after roasting?

[thebanj]

Thanks for the comment. I've been called some things......

With it being the time to roast chestnuts I have found that with the bigger ones it's best to make a third slit to let the water in. Also boiling them for a little longer helps to keep them moist. It's still oneof the great mysteries of life to get them all to roast the same.

Tony

[hinterstella]

Tony is a chestnut roaster extraordinaire!

[dinnerchicken1]

wow ill definitely be using your technique this Christmas! can you give me an estimate to what temperature gas mark 6 would be? my oven works with Fahrenheit only.

[thebanj]

You're so right. You do need to be careful but I never said ti would be easy.

Thanks for the comment.

Tony

[MyFairMidNight]

chestnuts are slippery little suckers and if you're not careful, before you know it, you're knicking your thumb instead.

[mustymodo]

best way I have seen,

will be giving this a try

[thebanj]

Thanks and a merry Christmas to you too.

Tony

[novicecook]

Thanks, Merry Christmas!