Borrowed Chestnut Recipe

From yesterday's NY Times Dining Section:

"For the luscious stewed chestnuts with ricotta that Ms. Hamilton serves for Prune’s Thanksgiving, for instance, she does not set a prep cook to peeling chestnuts for hours and hours. Neither should you. Online sources for peeled chestnuts abound, and the small amount of time it takes to search them out outweighs the grim business of peeling them yourself. " Recipe. Chef's Tips for the Thanksgiving Meal, by Sam Sifton

Thanksgiving/Christmas is the biggest season of the year for chestnuts. You'll find them in many styles: shell-on (often American); frozen; canned and cooked. Think Organic, too!

Click here to buy Organic, French, Ready-to-eat chestnuts. Ours are cooked in their own juices in the sealed bag. How's that for max flavor?

Little known fact answer (from tweet):   Black Winter Truffles grow on the roots of chestnut trees.

Amy Farges