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CHESTNUTS  WITH  CREAM
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CHESTNUTS WITH CREAM

5 ingredients 4 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

100
Calories
0g
Protein
5g
Fat
13g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Chestnut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • half cup of sugar to a pound of chestnuts
  • one pint of puree
  • one-half cup of heavy cream whipped
  • a pound of chestnuts
  • one table- spoonful of granulated gelatine that has been soft- ened in a little

Directions

1

Remove the shell and skin (as given in chestnut puree), boil till tender, then add sugar (a half cup of sugar to a pound of chestnuts), and boil until clear. Let them remain in the syrup until cold, then drain. Pile on a dish, boil the syrup down to a thick con- sistency, pour over the nuts. Serve cold with whipped cream.

2

PARIS DE MARRONS (Chestnuts).

3

Make a puree of boiled chestnuts (see chestnut puree with cream), sweeten and flavor with lemon, vanilla or sherry to one pint of puree, add one table- spoonful of granulated gelatine that has been soft- ened in a little cold water and dissolved over hot water, and one-half cup of heavy cream whipped. Mould, garnish with whipped cream and glace chest- nuts.

4

COLD DESSERTS. 281

By Norton, Caroline Trask · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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