How do you Roast Chestnuts?

The tree at the bottom of my Garden has started dropping big fat chestnuts and you can roast them. I need to know how so i can try them for the first time.......hmmmmmm chestnuts.

How do you Roast Chestnuts?
1. Heat oven to 200C (400F)



2. Cut a cross into the top of each nut into the top of the flesh. Put in a roasting pan and bake until the skins open and the kernels are tender (about 30 mins).



3. Serve in paper bags so you can eat them without dropping them. Peel away the skin to get to the sweet kernels.





Wouldn't you know it? You've gotta cut a cross through the shell of each chestnut on one side before roasting.If you don't you will have an explosion in the oven!
Reply:You can cut the x on them and microwave for 3-5 minutes and they turned out good.Try that. Report It
Reply:My mother used to just boil them in water without cutting them and froze the leftoversand we would reheat in boiling water also Report It
Reply:on an open fire?
Reply:Prick the chestnuts and put them in an oven; have one that isnt pricked. When that one bursts, you know the rest have been roasted to perfection.



You can also roast them in a griddle pan on the hob. Keep shaking the pan so that the chestnuts move around and get even heat.
Reply:Do check you have the correct type for eating, horse chestnuts are not edible (you'll know if you try one, they are very bitter).

To cook - score the surface (to prevent expoding chestnuts), put in tray with a little water, raost in a hot oven until done (test with a skewer, should slide into centre easily)
Reply:I had British friends who would roast chestnuts at Christmas every year. They insisted that for "authenticity" the chestnuts needed to be roasted on the metal lid of a garbage can, over the open fire of the fireplace.



They smelled and tasted wonderful when they were done.
Reply:You roast them, then take the skin off and eat them. Normally roasted over open flame.
Reply:Please make sure that they're edible chestnuts, and not Horse Chestnuts! I'd ask around if you're not sure. They're two different things entirely--you wouldn't want to eat Horse Chestnuts.
Reply:....on an open fire. Jack Frost nippin at your nose. Sorry, I couldn't help it!
Reply:Not sure I always get mine already roasted.
Reply:wash 'em



prick with a fork



put on baking tray with pricked sides up



Roast in a hot oven for 15 to 25 minutes, or until they are tender and easy to peel



Peel nuts when they are cool enough to handle, and enjoy :-)
Reply:you put them in the oven and bake for about 10 mins. don't leave them too long though or they'll be dry. they can be put in microwave also but i recommend oven. i fancy a roasted chestnut now lol
Reply:Hong Kong street vendors cook them in a wok-type pan filled with gravel over a brazier.
Reply:This question brings back memories, they used to be roasted over a fire and sold on the streets of London during the winter, that's probably the best way.

Hope you enjoy them, I did.
Reply:Great, presume you have an open fire bung em in the embers %26amp; leave for a bit then remove when almost dark colour crack open %26amp; enjoy.
Reply:Best way to roast them is over an open flame. Take an old frying pan and drill holes in the base, pop them in and give them 10 mins on the open flame. Best served with a nice heavy red wine!
Reply:i personaly dont like chestnuts they taste like burt stuff thats it, tastes horrible they are so dry!! :(
Reply:Chestnuts roasting on an open fiiiiiiirrrre....
Reply:ROASTED CHESTNUTS



Place the pierced nuts on a cookie sheet or a shallow pan and roast in a 425 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Our ancestors did this on a pan over an open fire but, until they learned to prick the skins, it was a pretty hazardous pastime, even if they did lay bets on whose might pop first.



BOILED CHESTNUTS: Pierce chestnuts, cover with water and boil until soft in center.
Reply:On an open fire........
Reply:On an open fire is the best way, alternatively under the grill.

Can I have some?
Reply:open place on a cookie sheet sprinkle with you favorite spices I would use Lawrys onion or garlic salt and bake at 350 degrees for 20 min.
Reply:Don't just put them in the oven cos they explode!! (I know, I've tried!)
Reply:just cut the tip or make a slice in the nut and put them in the oven on a cookie sheet. Bake them for 3 mins at 350.



I usually know they are done if the edges from the slice, curl.



MMMM