If you’re an American, like me, you probably don’t eat chestnuts despite singing about them every Christmas. Chestnuts are practically a lost food in America but they remain extremely popular in Italy. Today, Eva is giving me my first taste of chestnuts with some Italian chestnut recipes!
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WALNUT SAUCE RECIPE – https://www.pastagrammar.com/post/salsa-di-noci-italian-walnut-pesto-recipe
CHESTNUT PASTA RECIPE – https://www.pastagrammar.com/post/how-to-make-chestnut-pasta-picagge-matte-recipe
CHESTNUT & MUSHROOM RISOTTO RECIPE – https://www.pastagrammar.com/post/chestnut-mushroom-risotto-italian-recipe
CASTAGNACCIO RECIPE – https://www.pastagrammar.com/post/castagnaccio-recipe-italian-chestnut-cake
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Have you guys ever had chestnuts? And do you know of any good places to get them in the US? Asking for a friend… 😅
Back in the day, over 60 years ago, when I was a kid we used to get chestnuts and pretzels on the street corner in Manhattan at Christmas time. Wow that's a long time ago.😲
I have had chestnuts. My mom used to roast them!
They are odd. I would like to try then again. I remember then being meaty
2 comments…1. put slits in the fresh chestnuts then soak in water for a few hours… then bake them. That will remove the skin from the flesh…2. Reconstitute the dried mushrooms in hot broth spiked with a little wine, if desired. Water is the substance we are trying to remove when cooking mushrooms… so why would we reconstitute with water? There's more flavor when using a good broth.
Please! Italian desserts with no sugar video!
could the pasta be rolled out with a pasta roller?
I love fresh 'roasted' chestnuts; I don't have an open fire, so I grill them until the casing is black – then the inner skin is brittle and is easily removed.
Wow Eva has chestnuts! Literally this womans chest is a little chestnut….what happened Eva??? I never see you too giving each other a smooch either.. well Merry Christmas in Italy how lucky!!!!😘🎵🎶🎷🎄🎁💜🎁💜🎁
“Let us know i-“ YES! lol. If Ava makes it, I’m sure it’s delicious. Especially when she beats Harper to the burn appetito. I can only imagine the zero added sugar deserts are amazing.
I thought we were going to Calabria, not Piazza Navona!
I hope the one chestnut I ever tried, which tasted terrible was perhaps past it's sellby date. It was from a package in a grocery store. Maybe I'd give it another go if I found a fresh vendor roasting them.
Goog job Eva, that's the way Salsa di Noci is. Cheers from Liguria.
VENITE A BERGAMO! TANTA ROBA BUONA!
Hi Harper & Eva,
New follower..love your channel…. Great chemistry makes it entertaining…
I have a question… My grandmother from Calabria made something she called pasta pizzat…which wad spaghetti & potatoes but it was more like soup than sauce…do you have any insight on this….?
Garfagnana says hello! xxx 🙂
Wait until you find out the wine-drenched "Castagne del Prete"
My Italian grandma and auntie have always made bescote cookies but not the ones you find in American stores, restaurants. These are small round cookies with a wonderful anise flavor
We'd love a show on desserts with no sugar. I'd think all of your Pastagrammarians that are diabetic would.
Un consiglio per gli amanti del castagnaccio: una volta versato l'impasto nella teglia (oltre al rosmarino, pinoli, uvetta…) aggiungete piccole strisce/pezzi di scorza d'arancia, darà al dolce una spinta in più.
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Si può benissimo usare il latte al posto dell'acqua o usarli entrambi; personalmente uso metà latte e l'altra metà latte di noci.
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La ricotta è "d'obbligo", accompagnata perfettamente il dolce, senza mi sembra incompleto.
I have an idea for a video! "Eva tries other noodles." Soba, ramen, rice stick, udon…stuff like that;)
I’m from uk and my father used to roast chestnuts in the coal fire for us! I enjoyed them but tried them at a fair a few years ago and was disappointed, perhaps they weren’t fresh?
Chestnuts! Love them in turkey dressing. Also awesome chopped over goat cheese and drizzled with honey. The packages pre-roasted are good quality and good value. Consistent quality. Whereas I've spent big bucks on fresh ones to roast and a few times were moldy inside. If a package pre-roasted are available that's my first choice. Mom roasted them when we were kids and we all loved them at holiday time.
Years ago they sold chestnuts roasted on the streets of Manhattan! I looked forward to that every Christmas as a child!
Bring back the chestnut trees! 💕🥰
Ever since I was a kid (and I’m old now), my mom made roasted chestnuts every year, I never liked them until I got a little older, now my mom has passed on two years ago and I missed them over the last few years, they were best over a wood fire I think. Thanks for reminding me about chestnuts, I’ll have to make them again. 🇮🇹😎🇮🇹
First time seeing your show. I might have to feel sorry for you because she is gorgeous and possibly high maintenance.
I am a Hungarian living in America. I make an effort every Fall to find chestnuts to roast. It is getting harder and harder and more expensive every year. Albertson's had it this year imported from Italy. I wash them well, wipe them, make the cut, sprinkle them with water, and I roast them in a pan on the stove on low heat COVERED! It takes about 20-30 minutes. Once it is done I dump them on a tray and immediately cover them with a towel. That way they stay hot and moist while I am eating them. Fantastic treat!
I know of a few trees aroung my neighborhood, so every year around end October begin November, i get home with half a bag of them.
BTW, the easiest way to check if chestnuts are good or bad, is to put them in water. If they float, they are bad (either old/dry, or insects have gotten into them)
Feliz Navidad!
I think it is an a acuiried taste. I’ve had them roasted twice and I’m not impressed.
Memories, 1968 Roma, when I was just a 20 year old student:
Chestnuts roasting
On street corners
A paper cone filled
With nice hot chestnuts
Little old men
Sell them in Rome
At this time of year
Little old men
Sitting on wooden boxes . . .
Men
With gray pants
And brown jackets
Unshaven faces
Rough hands
Turning chestnuts
Roasting on coals
Two hundred lire
A paper cone filled
(c) 2022 Frank DeFrancesco
yes would love to see a dessert video
I’ve only tried roasted chestnuts at the Trevi Fountain. You got me craving them something awful!
Yes, please make the no-sugar Italian dessert video!
Hey guys! Love the channel. I know Eva teaches Italian…. how do I join her class??
I just bought a big bag of them. We used to have trees when I was a kid
I learned how to make castagniacho(sp?) When I visited some family friends in Genoa. So delicious!!!