Chestnut spoon sweet

Name: Chestnut spoon sweet
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg chestnuts; 1 1/2 kg sugar; 1 little salt; 4 cups water; 1 tbsp lemon juice, or a little more than that

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This recipe is from my very dear friend Aphrodite from the village of Karitsa, Larissa!

Recipe by Afroditi D

This recipe is from my very dear friend Aphrodite from the village of Karitsa, Larissa!

Recipe by Afroditi D

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

This recipe is from my very dear friend Aphrodite from the village of Karitsa, Larissa!

Recipe by Afroditi D

This recipe is from my very dear friend Aphrodite from the village of Karitsa, Larissa!

Recipe by Afroditi D

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Ingredients

1 1/2 kgchestnuts
1 1/2 kgsugar
1little salt
4 cupswater
1 tbsplemon juice, or a little more than that

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Steps

1

Remove the shell from the chestnuts and boil them -without overboiling them too much.
2

Remove the skin.
3

Place the sugar and water in a pot and boil to make the moderately sweet syrup.
4

Allow it to cool and place the chestnuts in the syrup overnight to absorb it.
5

On the next day boil for 5 minutes.
6

Set them aside to cool once more, then remove the chestnuts from the syrup and add the lemon juice to it.
7

Boil until it thickens.
8

Put the chesnuts back into the syrup and set them aside for 2-3 hours to absorb it.