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On Chestnuts – The Trees and their Seeds The Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut for Healing and Eating

By: Ria Loohuizen(Author)
136 pages, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Prospect Books
On Chestnuts – The Trees and their Seeds
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  • On Chestnuts – The Trees and their Seeds ISBN: 9781903018323 Paperback May 2006 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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Here is a book about the Horse Chestnut and Sweet Chestnut for healing and eating. In England the horse chestnut or conker is a much-loved tree. lts edible cousin, the sweet chestnut, is valued here in winter for a turkey stufiing or a bag of hot nuts from the brazier, but is much less common than in warmer southern climes where it has been an actual staple of the diet of some regions, as well as a crowning delicacy of sweet shops, paitisseries and charcuteries. While the horse chestnut is a relative newcomer, not arriving in Europe until the 16th century, the sweet chestnut, originating in Asia Minor, has been with us since the earliest classical times. Both species have medical healing properties though conkers are useless in the kitchen. For the sweet chestnut, Ria Loohuizen includes about 50 recipes for things as varied as a terrine of chestnuts and wild mushrooms, a breast of duck with chestnuts, pancakes made with chestnut flour, and the famous Italian chestnut cake castagnaccio. She also gives useful hints about roasting nuts on an open fire, choosing fresh nuts in the marketplace, grinding chestnut flour, and making that best of all sweetmeats,marrons glacés.

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Ria Loohuizen is a translator of prose and poetry from English and Spanish as well as a published author of cookery books about the elder, wild mushrooms and the quince.

By: Ria Loohuizen(Author)
136 pages, b/w illustrations
Publisher: Prospect Books
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