Chestnut dessert

Mont Blanc is a classic recipe in Italy and France and owes its name to its shape which resembles Le Mont Blanc in the Alps, meaning “white mountain” in French. This delicious dessert is prepared with tartlet shells filled with frozen hojicha cream surrounded by a

Malaysia Cooking Academy on Instagram: "《 Nuts over chestnut 🌰 ､ 栗 》 Chestnut always reminds me of autumn 🍂 season. Always served as part of the New Year's menu in Japan, chestnuts represent both success and hard times—mastery and strength. We made here wagashi nerikiri with chestnut/kuri paste infused with chamomile. The taste is just so heavenly and comforting to the pallete. Besides that, some foliage of autumn leaves 🍁 falling over the chestnut on the plating were used resembling the…

The Japanese Mont Blanc cake is an autumn delight, showcasing a soft sponge cake topped with delicate strands of chestnut cream, inspired by the snowy peak of Mont Blanc. This light, less-sweet version highlights a nutty chestnut flavor with whipped cream and is elegantly topped with a whole chestnut—a perfect seasonal treat to impress guests.

Try chef Simon Shand's interpretation of this classic Piedmontese dessert, with chestnuts, prunes and Pedro Ximenez sherry.

For some reason, chestnuts are not that popular in U.S. And to me, nothing says winter like chestnuts. I grew up in a town that had street vendors selling fire roasted chestnuts during winter. To me they are nostalgic street food. Just the smell of them brings back so many memories for me. Snowflakes, roasted chestnuts, mulled wine, fireplace, friends... With record breaking low temperatures in Chicago, this cake was my first choice. Its so light, aromatic, creamy, it's really wonderful. The…

Mont Blanc tart is a varitation on the decadent Mont Blanc cake. Topped with cream and meringue it is a perfect tart for those who love creamy tarts.

A chocolate chestnut tiramisù in essence, chestnut mascarpone whipped cream tops a gluten-free cocoa and chestnut flour chiffon cake soaked with coffee rum syrup. Heaven.

It's no secret that I absolutely love chestnuts and jump at the chance to enjoy chestnut desserts. So when I saw an easy chestnut pudding recipe from Saveur recently, I had to set the Christmas cookies aside and make time to try it! I popped open one of my prized jars of Clement Faugier steamed chestnuts (I stock up when I see it in sale at Williams-Sonoma) and made the pudding in no time. You basically blend chestnuts with milk, making a chestnut milk, in effect. Since I love the simple…

This chocolate chestnut cake is a perfect compliment to any joyous occasion. This cake has a rich and almost nutty flavour from its roasted chestnuts. This chocolate chestnut cake will make you never look at chestnuts the same way again.

Do you like chestnuts? It's one of my very favorite things to eat. Unfortunately, they're not readily available or very popular here in the States. I won't go into all the reasons for that but I will tell you that I get excited when chestnuts start appearing in the supermarkets in late Fall. It's almost that time and I've got chestnuts on the brain! I munch on packaged chestnuts throughout the year but it's just not the same as getting a really good batch of fresh chestnuts. I don't get…