Chestnuts

One of the very best things about autumn, chestnuts now come vacuum-packed, so you can enjoy their sweetness and texture all year round.

Use them for petits monts blancs, roulades and in casseroles with game and other meats.

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Braised Turkey Drumsticks with Port and Chestnuts

Turkey drumsticks are huge and two of them are enough for six people. What makes this recipe so good is ...

Turkey drumsticks are huge and two of them are enough for six people. What makes this recipe so good is that the slow braising of the meat closest to the bone gives...

Celeriac and Chestnut Soup with Celeriac Crisps

Celeriac comes in difficult sizes for a recipe for four people, so I have used two small ones, which will m...

Celeriac comes in difficult sizes for a recipe for four people, so I have used two small ones, which will make enough for everyone to have seconds. Feel free to mak...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

Vegetarian

Chestnut Floating Islands

This is cool and light - as are traditional floating islands - and the chestnuts add a Christmas dimension....

This is cool and light - as are traditional floating islands - and the chestnuts add a Christmas dimension. Microwaving the meringues is a breeze, but if you don't ...

A picture of a white bowl on a folded napkin containg chestnut soup with croutons and bacon on the top and a little sprig of thyme next to it

Chestnut Soup with Bacon and Croutons

A bone from a baked ham makes a good stock for this one – but if you use vegetable stock, it is still an ex...

A bone from a baked ham makes a good stock for this one – but if you use vegetable stock, it is still an excellent soup. You can buy the chestnuts ready peeled and ...

45 minutes

a picture of three little white dishes, each containing a different kind of stuffing

18th Century Chestnut Stuffing

Bottom image: This recipe is adapted from one I first came across in the cookery book written by the eighte...

Bottom image: This recipe is adapted from one I first came across in the cookery book written by the eighteenth-century writer, Hannah Glasse. Peeling chestnuts is ...

10 minutes

Petits Monts Blancs

Chestnut has an amazing affinity with meringue, and here the creamy richness of mascarpone is lightened by ...

Chestnut has an amazing affinity with meringue, and here the creamy richness of mascarpone is lightened by fromage frais. The Delia Online Cookery School: If you ha...

Pot-roasted Pheasant with Port and Chestnuts

This recipe makes an excellent change from turkey (if there are not too many of you for Christmas lunch). ...

This recipe makes an excellent change from turkey (if there are not too many of you for Christmas lunch). It is certainly easier and quicker to prepare, and it has ...

1 hour

Roast Chestnuts

Chestnuts do not contain much oil and traditionally were ground to produce a form of flour which is still u...

Chestnuts do not contain much oil and traditionally were ground to produce a form of flour which is still used in some regions of Italy.The Delia Online Cookery School...

25 minutes

Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts

No frazzled nerves here, trying to peel, or more irritatingly, remove the skins from the zillion crevices i...

No frazzled nerves here, trying to peel, or more irritatingly, remove the skins from the zillion crevices in chestnuts. Just a pack of cooked and peeled chestnuts, ...

13 minutes - 14 minutes

a picture of venison sausages braised in white wine in a white pan

Braised Venison Sausages

You could make this with any kind of good quality sausages, but venison seems more festive. Needless to ...

You could make this with any kind of good quality sausages, but venison seems more festive. Needless to say, a pile of fluffy mashed potato or Puree of Potato and C...