somewhereintime

我想知道溫哥華邊到有得賣。
因爲係整甜品用嘅。
Otherwise 自己係屋企整唔整到嘅呢？
草莓妹妹 發表於 2009-6-9 20:34

Buy a jar of Italian Marron(chestnut) 700 gm , add a cup of water, 1 vanilla pod, cook 10-15 minutes, drain, puree with 3 TBSP sugar 2 TBSP Myers rum. make about 1.5 Lb.
done in less than 30 minutes. The canned chestnut puree is way too swweet and watery.

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4# low_B
You can buy cheap chestnuts from Sxxxxstore, but not chestnut cream
which is imported from either France or Italy

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6# 草莓妹妹

That is the reason I said to buy a jar of Italian chestnut, already peeled, and cook to puree in 15 minutes or less.
The fresh Italian chestnuts are good but it is not in season. Peeling chestnut is easy, make a shallow x cut on the humpback of the chestnuts, put 4-6 chestnuts in microwave oven, mic on high for 15 sec. the top will burst and peels easily. Note it is not cook yet.
I would freeze the extra for soup, chicken wings and vegetarian dishes etc.
The peeled chestnuts will oxidate when exposed to air, so place in sealed bag if not cook immediately. Raw chestnut cooks in 30-40 minutes. I much prefer the canned one. They are fuss free.
Vanilla pod can be found in upscale food store i.e. Meinhardt, Urban Fare, Capers etc.
Bacardi Gold is fine but Myer's is exceptional.

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9# mcjohnjohn
The cheap frozen chestnuts are treated with Sulphur and taste like waterchestnut,
the dried one taste like sawdust.
It is up to you whatever you like. That is how I do mine. Want Good quality Chinese chestnuts? go to TienJun. Not in Vancouver. We are talking about food, not patriotic

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11# its_visa
There are many places in Vancouver you can buy French chestnut puree,
A. Bosa , La Grotta del Fromaggio, Mediterranean Deli, Ravioli Store, Angelina's,
.Famous Foods etc , but I found it way too sweet and runny. You are paying
for water.

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14# 草莓妹妹

Yes, you can use some decent Tahitian vanilla extract, or just leave it out since you have
gold Bacardi Rum in it.
For a classic Mont Blanc Tartlette, put the chestnut puree in potato ricer and squeeze out chestnut "spaghetti" on tartlettes, then top with a dollop of unsweetened whipped cream, maybe a little grated bittersweet chocolate. You can post the picture.

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16# 草莓妹妹

Plz read #12

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18# 草莓妹妹
Try Famous Foods Kingsway at King Edwards.
It is dry pack, 720ml.  cook for 15 minutes only.

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19# somewhereintime
And they carry 3 different brands of chestnut puree, 1 from France, 1 from Italy and 1 from Germany. However the homemade one taste better after all.