Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Woodburner.

[amn1240]

Just a short vid of me and a mate roasting up some chestnuts in the woods on a small woodburning stove (Honey Stove).

[video=youtube;iBxq7_koA0s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBxq7_koA0s[/video]

 

[bilmo-p5]

Standing round a Honey stove, in a wet wood, roasting chestnuts.

Love it , 10/10

 

[Goatboy]

Looks good, slightly envious though. We have a solitary sweet chestnut within foraging distance here and every year I watch it flower and the fruits coming to nowt. They don't seem to like it up here. Which is a pity as I love chestnuts. (Roasted or candied), that truly is a wood snack fit for kings, enjoy.

 

[Toddy]

I love the smell of them roasting

Put me right in the notion for some too. Lidl's have them in just now; might take a walk to the shops
I wish they ripened here too.

Thanks for sharing

M

 

[petrochemicals]

How long do you cook them for for?

Looks like quite a laugh, good to see you had fun.

 

[Toddy]

I use a sharp knife and cut a slit in them, (some folks make a cross like a baked potato) then pop them into the oven until they kind of puff open a bit. The smell's a good guideline and they should be hot/hot right through.
You can grill them too.....just mind that wee split in the skin or otherwise they explode and the smell of like-burnt-spuds and stuff stuck to the grill is a right royal pain..... they don't need that long; 200C in the oven for maybe 20 minutes to half an hour.

Definitely in the notion now



M

 

[NicfromBristol]

There's lots of chestnut trees at parkland near me. The best nuts come off trees on the edges facing south.
We've been putting them in the wood burner in the house. Needs to be when the embers are fairly cool and the chestnuts need to be stirred a couple of times- lush treat on a winter evening

 

[Goatboy]

There's lots of chestnut trees at parkland near me. The best nuts come off trees on the edges facing south.
We've been putting them in the wood burner in the house. Needs to be when the embers are fairly cool and the chestnuts need to be stirred a couple of times- lush treat on a winter evening

if you have a wee sauté pan or ash shovel you could cook them on that rather than letting the stove die down on a cold day.

 

[TarHeelBrit]

Hmm looks good and I'm envious as I can't find decent chestnuts over here.

 

[amn1240]

How long do you cook them for for?

Looks like quite a laugh, good to see you had fun.

Think we cooked them for about 15-20 mins at a rough guess.

 

[dwardo]

Peirce all but three, cover and place in the oven. When you hear three bangs they are done. The best are the ones that come out cooked perfeclty and intact. Like little brains
Pics look great.

Love them with salt.