Sweet chestnut bonanza!
By Fleur
@Fleura (33158)
United Kingdom
October 6, 2025 3:27am CST
It really is a bumper year for chestnuts! Not only are there lots but they are a decent size as well, some years they are so small they are hardly worth the trouble of getting them out of their shells.
In the past we’ve picked up a few and enjoyed them roasted. Last year we collected rather more and we cooked the extras and stored them in the freezer to use in savoury recipes. None of the rest of my family like mushrooms so we often use chestnuts instead, they make a good substitute in things like stews and breads.
I have used chestnut puree in desserts before as well, but that was using shop-bought puree. This time though I think I might be making my own, I have such a heap here! @LadyDuck has given me some good ideas.
Does anyone have a favourite chestnut recipe to share?
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@snowy22315 (200281)
• United States
6 Oct
No, chestnuts are not easy to come by here due to the chestnut blight in the 1800's that killed so many.
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@snowy22315 (200281)
• United States
6 Oct
@Fleura We had a gypsy moth epidemic in the 70's that killed a variety of trees.
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@Fleura (33158)
• United Kingdom
7 Oct
@snowy22315 Are any of them making a comeback or is that it?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17095)
• China
7 Oct
Chestnuts are in season too here.Yesterday was our Middle-autumn Festival,some stores sold chestnut paste filling mooncakes .
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@allknowing (153918)
• India
7 Oct
Where are getting those chestnuts from?
That picture surely looks
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@wolfgirl569 (126670)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Oct
Enjoy making lots of things with them
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@xFiacre (14108)
• Ireland
6 Oct
@fleura Oh dear, now you’ve propelled me back to Paris in November, walking among the chestnut roasters in the square at Beaubourg, the edgy whiff of weed in the cold air competing with the sweet roastiness of the chestnuts and the heat from the braziers on my cold, pinched cheeks.
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@Marilynda1225 (87521)
• United States
6 Oct
Sorry I don't have any chestnut recipes to share. I do love roasted chestnuts but haven't made them in years.
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@Traceyjayne (6724)
• United Kingdom
6 Oct
I have used chestnuts in pie recipes ….we had roasted chestnuts at a Christmas fayre last year…..very nice.
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@LindaOHio (208640)
• United States
6 Oct
I haven't had chestnuts in about 50+ years.
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