How do you roast your chestnuts?

[Stanleythecat]

My parents have a lovely woodburner and chestnut roaster that pops inside. As kids we seldom scored the nuts and would run the lottery of being peppered by them as they exploded hot from the fire!

Now I live in a terraced house with a gas fire... and no roaster! So how would you roast your chestnuts?

It is part of the Christmas/winter experience for our family and I miss it!

Leo

 

[sapper1]

Cast iron pot with lid and place the nuts directly into the pot.

 

[Savagewolfrm]

To be honest we put ours in the oven for about 30 mins and they come out lovely failing that a disposable BBQ works well
Tab and a merry christmas

 

[BillyBlade]

On the decking in a gas barbeque. Works a treat

 

[bilmo-p5]

Now I live in a terraced house with a gas fire... and no roaster! So how would you roast your chestnuts?

Several-and-a-half years ago we had a Cannon Gasmiser which had a little chromed ledge just in front of the elements whic, IIRC, was ideal for roasting chestnuts.

 

[garethw]

We were out in the local forest in october and with my son we gathered a load of chestnuts to have as a starter with dinner. We took an ally pie dish and popped it on the fire with the precut chestnuts in.. They were a superb campsite snack... Desert was wild walnuts that we also gathered along the way to our favourite overnight spot.

At home I too just pop them on a quiche dish in a hot oven for 20 or 30 mins.

cheers
Gareth

 

[Chrisj]

On a baking tray in the oven of the log burner.

 

[Paulm]

This may be sacrilege but after making a slit I bung them in the microwave in a dish for a minute or two as I can never wait

Cheers, Paul

 

[spandit]

Microwave - so much easier. If you don't pierce the skins first they explode - then you don't have to peel them!

 

[dwardo]

In a covered baking tray in the oven at about 240 preheated.
I pierce all but three and after the third bang they are ready to eat.
Add heart clogging amount of salt to each pealed nut and your good to go.

 

[mikeybear]

+1 for the microwave,
I'd just built a firepit to roast some over a real fire and it started to rain

MB

 

[Sniper]

By sitting too close to the fire with my legs apart usually

Sorry somebody had to did'nt they