📋Roasted Chestnuts On an Open Fire or Kitchen Oven

Roasted Chestnuts signal the start of the holiday season. This easy recipe is a family favorite, perfect for Christmas time. Roasted Italian chestnuts, called Caldarroste, have a crispy exterior and tender interior, a festive treat you won't want to miss. Look for them at your local grocery stores or farmers' markets from early October to late December to make these oven-roasted chestnuts for the whole family to enjoy.

Course Dessert

Cuisine French, Italian, Spanish

Keyword bbq chestnuts, chestnuts on barbecue, roasted chestnuts

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings people

Calories 194kcal

Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

14 oz fresh chestnuts preferably Marron
1 bag charcoal

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Prepare the barbecue
1 bag charcoal
Make an intend in the chestnut shells, the chestnuts will expand when roasted
14 oz fresh chestnuts
Place the chestnuts in the chestnut pan with holes
Cook them on an open fire, barbecue or if you don't have one in a hot oven 420 F - 200C
Turn them around until all sides are cooked
When the chestnuts turn into a dark yellow color and the cut opens up, they are ready
Best to eat them warm, but let them rest for few minutes before trying to open them

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Notes

If I don't have a barbecue, I roast it in a very hot oven.
If you are roasting the chestnuts you need to make a small indent in the shell and halfway to the pulp otherwise, they will explode when they cook.
You don't need to indent them if you are boiling them.
The chestnuts should be cooked in a pan with large holes at the bottom.

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