How exactly to you roast chestnuts and do they taste good?!!?

Roasting Chestnuts in the Oven



The best way to roast chestnuts is over the coals, but if that's not practical roast them over a gas burner, in a simple iron pan that has many holes punched through it (I sacrificed a colander) to allow the flames to touch the chestnuts. Now for the Oven treatment if it's to cold outside.

Preheat your oven to 425 F (210 C). Take your chestnuts and make a cut across the round side of each to keep them from exploding, and arrange them either on a rack or on a cookie sheet. Roast them until the skins have pulled back from the cuts and the nutmeats have softened (exactly how long will depend upon the chestnuts, but at least 15-20 minutes. Remove the nuts from the oven, make a mound of them in an old towel, wrap them up, squeeze them hard -- they should crackle -- and let them sit for a few minutes. They taste great

How exactly to you roast chestnuts and do they taste good?!!?
roast as above. They taste to me sort of like a yam or sweet potato %26amp; not like a nut at all!
Reply:Cut an X in the top and then put in skillet - heat while shaking the pan (covered) until they pop. Everyone was raving about them -- I thought they were God Awful!!
Reply:Chin nuts are better
Reply:cut a X into the chestnut and roast in the oven till the X bursts open. moderate oven for around 30-45 minutes. They are fantastic!