Chestnuts
I wish to apologise for not being around lately and visiting your blogs as often as I would like to. I try and visit back those who leave a comment at the blog or on facebook. I am working hard on the book and hopefully I will have it published by the end of November, [...]
Quince is one of my favourite spoon sweets and I made it three times this year. The first and second time I made it the same way as I had previously posted the recipe and my children loved it. My son who was coming from Switzerland for the Christmas holidays told me that he wanted [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Kydoni kai Kastano (Quince and Chestnut spoon sweet)
Quince is known from ancient years and its cultivation is said to have preceded that ofthe apple culture.Many references to «apples», in the ancient yearsmay have been to a quince. Among the ancient Greeks, the quince was a ritual offering at weddings, for it had come from the Levant with Aphrodite and remained sacred to [...]
Continue reading about Pork Tenderloin with Quince, Prunes and Chestnuts
Can this gâteau get any more decadent? Well, never say no, because you never know. I was planning to make this gâteau or at least a similar one, last year but when I bought the chestnuts to make it I sprained my ankle so I never got to make it. When I bought the chestnuts [...]
Continue reading about Chestnut, Cream cheese, chocolate and Dulche de Leche Gateau
After Boiling and peeling the chestnuts, you can use them in savory or sweet dishes. In order to make a chestnut puree it is best to boil them in water, milk or both, depending on the recipe you want to make, until they become soft. You then mash them the same way you [...]
Chestnuts are quite expensive and the big ones are about 5 Euros a kilo and smaller ones around 3 Euros, so when last week I found a bargain at the farmers” market of 1.50 Euros a kilo I bought 5 kilos!!! The chestnuts were quite big, sweet and I did not have to throw any [...]
Every Tuesday there is a “Laiki” (“farmers” market”) which is an open air fruit and vegetable market near my house and I usually buy fruit and vegetables to last for a week. Last Tuesday I bought some chestnuts, intending to make a chestnut gateau but unfortunately I fell and strained my ankle and now I [...]
