Tuscan recipes

 

Recipes
CHESTNUTS - HARVESTING - CHESTNUTS FLOUR
"MIGLIACCIO" - Castagnaccio Toscano (Tuscan chestnut flour cake)
Tuscan chestnut flour cake

Ingredients:
30 gr. raisins (soaked in water to soften)
30 gr. pinenuts
300 gr. chestnut flour
3 tablespoons sugar
salt
rosemary leaves

Preparation:
Mix the flour, the sugar, a pinch of salt and add water to obtain a smooth paste. Add pinenuts, drained raisins, rosemary and mix.
Pour mixture (1 cm high) into a large baking tray with olive oil . Drizzle with olive oil and bake until top has a browned cracked surface.
"BALLOTTE" (Boiled chestnuts)
Chestnut - Marron

The most traditional and easy ways of tasting chestnuts and marron chestnuts are: "boiled chestnuts", boil them with a pinch of salt and fennel, or "roasted chestnuts", make a cut into the round side and cook over a brisk heat using a pan with perforated bottom stirring continuously. When the chestnuts are done, wrap them in a towel for 5 minutes.