chestnut flour

[EdS]

We wanted a couple of bags of chestnuts for next week. Turns out it was cheaper to get 5kg at the end of the German market yesterday than go to the shops.

So what am I going to do with the other 4.5kg or so?

Anyone ever made chestnut flour?

 

[durulz]

Save it and use it to make bread.
Replace 1/4 to 1/2 of your usual flour with an equal measure of the chestnut flour.
Makes gorgeous bread. Especially bannock.

 

[Totumpole]

Apparently you dry them in a warm ventilated area ( I'm using one of those reusable veg bags) for a few months and then shell them and blend them in the food processor to make the flour.
As far as I've heard you need to mix it with normal flour as durulz said.
I'm gonna be trying it with the bunch I foraged in autumn last year,