Shopping list
A bag of chestnuts
If you are walking on the busy shopping streets of London - Oxford street or Regent street - in November / December, you might meet one: a seller of roasted chestnuts. It is an ancient but still very tasty snack for the British, really hot in a bag, to take home. We make them ourselves.
How to roast chestnuts
Place a sheet aluminum foil on the bottom of your baking tin.
Carefully cut a line across the pointy top.
Cut the chestnuts again, cross wise on the top.
Place all cross sliced chestnuts into the baking tin.
Heat the oven to 200 ° C
Roast the chestnuts for 30 minutes, until the skins open.
Allow the roasted chestnuts to cool a while in the tin.
Serve the chestnuts in a small bowl or in a paper bag.
Peel away the tough, outside skin then the pithy inner skin.
Eat the soft sweet kernels, on the inside of the chestnuts.
Enjoy!