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DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 9:07 am Post subject: Sweet Chestnuts

Another lunch hour forage and another little haul. This time I got 1kg of sweet chestnuts, as did a colleague I went with. If it wasn't wetter than wet today I'd be going back for more, but reckon I'll get a gret haul this year.
When I've got them all I'm gonna try roasted, maron glace and chestnut flour as well.

My question is does anyone know if there's a way I can store some so that I can use them to make christmas gifts? I've seen you can freeze them, but any experience on the texture etc when it's defrosted? Or any better ideas?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 9:29 am Post subject:
They'll last a couple of the weeks in the fridge no idea on longer tyerm storage. I harvested around 25kg on Sunday

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 9:36 am Post subject:
Blimey, you're well ahead of us then. None of the trees near us are ready. I've used frozen ones to make stuffing in the past with reasonable success. Or you could make marrons glacees, they store more or less for ever.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 9:56 am Post subject:

sean wrote:

Blimey, you're well ahead of us then. None of the trees near us are ready.

Bear in mind mine are fruiting cultivars, some varieties are still unripe

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 10:02 am Post subject:

sean wrote:

Or you could make marrons glacees, they store more or less for ever.

Aha, that's perfect. It was marrons glacee I'd have been making for presents, had assumed they wouldn't have a huge shelf life. I assume just store in an airtight container when made?

Pretty sure I won't get close to 25kg, but hoping between 5-10. I'm chuffed with 1kg in an hours lunchbreak while dressed in office attire.
Admittedly, I'd be more chuffed if I didn't work in an office, but hey ho!

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 10:04 am Post subject:

DorsetScott wrote:

sean wrote:

Or you could make marrons glacees, they store more or less for ever.

Aha, that's perfect. It was marrons glacee I'd have been making for presents, had assumed they wouldn't have a huge shelf life. I assume just store in an airtight container when made?

Yup.

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
Posts: 500
Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 13 10:16 am Post subject:
Cheers Sean

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 26, 13 3:48 pm Post subject:
Just got a big pile of chestnuts Will be going back for more in a couple of days, if the squiggles don't get them all first.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 13 4:17 pm Post subject:
I hauled a kilo on Wednesday but dont know what to do with them. I thought something like making stuffing for Christmas but can I freeze this?

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 13 4:20 pm Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

I hauled a kilo on Wednesday but dont know what to do with them. I thought something like making stuffing for Christmas but can I freeze this?

I boiled, peeled and froze in anticipation of making stuffing for Christmas.

Woo

Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 13 6:38 pm Post subject:
i have roasted peeled and frozen them before. they went well in pies etc. the texture was still the same but small bits rather than whole ones (mostly down to my peeling ) my kids keep popping into the woods to collect them. i have so many i cant keep up! i may stick some in the wood burner now!

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 13 7:04 pm Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

I hauled a kilo on Wednesday but dont know what to do with them. I thought something like making stuffing for Christmas but can I freeze this?

Yep, for sure. Yell lose dome texture, but not much else.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 13 7:24 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Yell lose dome texture.

Words fail me. And you apparently.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 13 7:34 pm Post subject:
Wow. Yeah. You will lose some texture. iPad keyboard is being insensitive.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 13 8:21 am Post subject:
How long to boil for?

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