Cleanly Peeled Chestnuts
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When September rolls around, I get busy cooking with chestnuts.
I wanted to share my method of peeling them.
Cut right through with the knife and what you have left will look clean.
If you're afraid of being wasteful or worried that you'll cut off too much flesh, you'll end up with rough and dirtied chestnuts, so don't hold back. Recipe by Maple Leef
Cleanly Peeled Chestnuts
When September rolls around, I get busy cooking with chestnuts.
I wanted to share my method of peeling them.
Cut right through with the knife and what you have left will look clean.
If you're afraid of being wasteful or worried that you'll cut off too much flesh, you'll end up with rough and dirtied chestnuts, so don't hold back. Recipe by Maple Leef
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Put the whole chestnuts in a pot of freshly boiled water. This will make the outer shell easier to peel. Any chestnuts that float are most likely bruised.
- 2
Cut into the base of the chestnut. Cutting deeply gives a cleaner finish.
- 3
Slice off the peel all the way around the chestnut.
- 4
I go around the sides of the chestnut, while peeling off both the outer shell and inner skin, like this.
- 5
The remaining outer shell can easily be pulled off. Then peel off all the inner skin.
- 6
Now, they're cleanly peeled without any rough cut marks. Soak them in a bowl of water.
- 7
Once you finish peeling all of the chestnuts, rinse off any starch or dirt.
- 8
They are good to use to make candied chestunts, too, for when you want something blissfully sweet.
- 9
Also try adding rich chunks to rice to make chestnut rice.
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