chestnut recipes

An autumnal accompaniment to cakes and puds, this nutty cream goes particularly well with spiced friands

Chestnut fool

double cream

tbsp sweetened chestnut purée

brown sugar

tbsp Grand Marnier

cinnamon

Greek yogurt

Whisk the cream, chestnut purée, sugar, Grand Marnier and cinnamon together until it forms soft peaks. Fold through the yogurt and spoon into a serving dish. Chill until ready to serve with the friands (see 'Goes well with').

A mix of sausagemeat and chestnut chunks creates a rich and nutty pasta sauce, lifting this from an everyday dish to something special

Italian sausage & chestnut pasta

olive oil

onion

pack Lincolnshire sausage

vacuum-packed chestnut

garlic

rosemary

fennel seed

glass full-bodied red wine

carton passata

large pasta shells

curly parsley

Heat the oil in a large frying pan, and fry the onion for 5 mins. Once starting to soften, add the sausagemeat and chestnuts, and fry for another 10-12 mins, breaking the meat up with a wooden spatula or spoon as you fry it. Keep the heat quite high and stir often.

When the meat and chestnuts are golden brown, add the garlic, rosemary and fennel seeds, and cook for 2 mins more. Splash in the wine, let most of it boil away, then tip in the passata. Cover and simmer the sauce for 10 mins while you boil the pasta in plenty of salted water, following pack instructions.

Reserve a cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta well. Toss the pasta, 3 tbsp of the water, the ragu and most of the parsley together, then season to taste. Share between bowls, add a grinding of black pepper, the remaining parsley, then a handful of Parmesan shavings.

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