Have You Ever Roasted Chestnuts? We Did!! - 18th Century Cooking
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2022
- Special thanks to Michael Dragoo for working on this video with us!
Find Michael's New Cookbook Here: www.townsends.us/products/col...
Find Michael On Instagram Here: / michaeldragoo
Our Brand New Viewing Experience ➧ townsendsplus.com/ ➧➧
Retail Website ➧ www.townsends.us/ ➧➧
Help support the channel with Patreon ➧ / townsend ➧➧
Instagram ➧ townsends_official
If you enjoyed the music on this video check out our new CD!
They are commonly eaten roasted in the UK in winter. You either get them whole in nets or ready peeled in a vaccuum sealed packs. Frying them with bacon lardons and brussel sprouts is a great way of serving them.
I have been looking to buy an American chestnut and plant it on my property. Its a shame the blight killed so many of them off. So many Cities have a Chestnut street because the trees were so prominent. It would be great to see them make a comeback.
You mentioned chestnuts as street food. I’m old enough to remember walking in midtown Manhattan and seeing vendors of roasted chestnuts every few blocks. The wonderful smell would carry for at least a block despite the automotive exhaust fumes. No other street food was ever as tempting as the roasted chestnuts. Many decades later, my (grown) children and I roasted them in the oven, the only preparation being to slit the tops. Yum!
Chestnuts store energy as a carbohydrate instead of a fat (oil) like most nuts. So if you roast them, the carbohydrates break down into simple sugars and creates that sweetness. It can also be dried and ground into flour much better than any of our more traditional nuts. In tuscany Italy, they use chestnut flour to make cakes.
I love that short exchange "If you don't slice em what happens?"
We have chestnut peddlers all around central streets in Turkey, it's very common especially in winter. They cook it for you and put them into a paper bag. You eat them just like eating cookies. Best place to eat them in Turkey is Bursa :) The city is also famous with chestnut candies. You're all welcome to try!
I grew up in NYC in the 60’s & 70’s there were push carts selling these all over town. My dad used to roast them in the fireplace. The trick is to make a small X not a long slice. This locks in the steam better!
In the UK Roasted Chestnuts are very common at Christmas. What we do is cut the top off, cut the nut part way down the middle and soak overnight. Any nut that floats are bad and thrown away, the rest go in the pan with the Turkey and the cooking juices make them both soft and tasty.
My family used to roast chestnuts every year for a dish at Thanksgiving. It was tedious and we would all have sore fingers. A few years ago we found French chestnuts in a jar with no added liquid or preservatives that taste better than any we'd had. I will never peel another chestnut in my life.
No, the name "roasted chestnuts" is not the recipe. I you don't cut the shell before roasting, the nut will explode and become part of the atmosphere. It will be hard to get all the little pieces into your mouth. Anyway, I don't roast them. I microwave them. Make an X into the shell will a sharp knife. I use the tip of a box-cutter knife. Put a little water in the bottom of a bowl. Put the chestnuts into the bowl. Cover the bowl with a microwave safe cover with holes in it to let excess steam escape. Microwave on high for somwhere between 1.5 to 4 minutes, depending upon how many nuts you are roasting. You may be able to smell when they are cooked through. Let them cook just a little past when you can smell them. Then take out the bowl, drain out the water, and replace with cold water. When the nuts are cool enough to touch you can peel the shells away.
True story. The first time I made them I couldn't remember if you cut a slit in them before or after you roast them, so I put them into the oven without cutting them first.
In Germany roasted chestnuts are called Maronen. They are still very traditional on most Christmas markets, especially the Renaissance or medieval style Christmas markets. I am pretty certain that they are also widespread in Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy.
where i live (Austria 🇦🇹) roasting chestnuts is pretty popular, you can buy them already roasted at almoast all Christmas markets or raw in supermarkets in late autumn/early Winter. we even have an (electric) Chestnut roaster at home
I am Portuguese from Boston MA and they are a HUGE Holiday staple for the holidays. We buy either the Portuguese or Italian ones, make a slice just about halfway, wet them, and salt liberally. Roast in oven and once you see the shell and pith separate, peel when hot.......I absolutely adore them!!!!!!
What an amazing video!
Roasted chestnuts are a common sight in Taiwan during this time of year. They also spice them up sometimes with whatever it was they were soaking in, so they might take on a festive flavor. You can buy them in bags straight from the roasters. They make for a great treat.
We eat them from the time they become available until the time they sadly stop being viable. They just taste so good on their own. Italian-American, whole extended family loves chestnuts. I'm always blown away that no one outside of us seems to even know chestnuts are real. Thank you for this video! Chestnuts deserve more fans!
We eat them in the UK winter, though my family doesn't soak them first - the shells crisp and are easy to peel for us. Their creamy sweet taste is unlike anything else, so good!
I have roasted Chestnuts at a 17th century event where in the centre of our encampment there was a huge chestnut tree. We were sitting around the fire and roasted them in a skillet. The chestnuts were everywhere, so we popped them into the pan and took them out as soon as they appeared ready.