Dog Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Have no problems with our walnuts but any ideas on the best way to store a few hundred weight of sweet chestnuts to be used throughout the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Chestnuts are beautifull as a stuffing for roast turkey or partridge but I dont know about stuffing pigs with chestnuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 That's how you get the pigs to be all big and cuddly!I've bought roasted chestnuts preserved in lightly salted water.You could try Marrons Glacéhttp://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Preserves/marron_glace_____veg___cd___acc.htmOr driedhttp://www.123lozere.com/2R106_Verfeuille_Sweet_Chestnut_Love_Story.htmlhttp://www.sacredearth.com/Ezine/September2003/sept2003.htmOr frozenhttp://www.newsherald.com/archive/food/cg100897.htmOr as chestnut preservehttp://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/campbellsdiary/cddec02.htmlIsn't Google wonderful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 "Isn't Google wonderful?"Yes Dick but so much easier to post the question here on LF (or so I read in a recent thread). Johnp.s. Di says that the chestnuts should be cooked/treated/pickled in some way as if they are stored raw they go off or at the very least begin to exude creepy crawlies after a while (as ours did 2 years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Have loads of walnuts already stored but does anyone have a recipe for the walnut liqueur?thanks in advance.su Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 We have enjoyed chesnut soup and burgers. Last week we visited a walnut farm to check out methods. We only have two trees but so far have 55 kilos of nuts. The liqueur we tasted at the nut farm was brandy with crushed nuts in it. The apperatif was a sherry with nuts concoction. The walnut pate was great but very close to meat for my vegetarian taste.Nuts are great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueyh Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Kent Cob nutsWe have kent cob nut trees in our garden in Northern France. Does anyone know of any way to preserve these or use them to make something delicious?SueyhThats the nuts not the trees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Helen Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 All nuts freeze well. I keep mine in the freezer. You can also make chestnut wine. Our local Shopi used to sell it but they have not had any for the past two years. It was sold for only about a month. The wine was sparkling but not in champagne type bottles - instead it was in an ordinary wine bottle with a fine hole in the cork to let the gas escape. I do not know the recipe - if anyone else does, can they post it please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucette<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pucette<FONT><P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">"Qui ne connaît pas la campagne lhiver, ne connaît pas la campagne et ne connaît pas Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Chestnut producers maximise the storage life by leaving in cold water for around 7-9 days. They should be rinsed in clean water, any which float removed, and drained thoroughly on racks. When perfectly dry they can be put into storage which is ideally cool and fairly dry but not below freezing - while chestnuts do freeze successfully they need using when they defrost so a few hundredweight accidentally frozen is best avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucette<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pucette<FONT><P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">"Qui ne connaît pas la campagne lhiver, ne connaît pas la campagne et ne connaît pas Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Cobnuts are traditionally stored layered with salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 [quote]Have loads of walnuts already stored but does anyone have a recipe for the walnut liqueur?thanks in advance.su[/quote]Google 'walnut liqueur recipe' and you will get over 5000 results. The top one ishttp://www.liqueurweb.com/links.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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