"Chestnuts roasting in an apartment oven," or however the classic Christmas song goes. While you might not want to fuss with an open fire, you can still cook up the holiday season's favorite snack ...

Step 1 is checking the chestnuts to make sure there are no bad nuts in the barrel, do this by shaking each nut for a few seconds. If there is not noise and you do not feel the inner nut hit the ...

Chestnuts are typically boiled or roasted before ... soaking the pieces in olive oil, and toasting in the oven until they're golden brown and crunchy. While dry-roasting the fennel seeds before ...

Test one chestnut for tenderness and then leave the whole bunch to cool a little before serving with some salt. Oven Method: Preheat the oven to 400?F. Cut little crosses in the chestnuts as ...

This is quite a quick recipe for a casserole (many of which require hours in the oven), and takes about ½ hour to make. Did you know that chestnuts are the only low fat nuts there are?

Drizzle over the oil, sprinkle with salt , add the thyme, cover with foil and place in the oven. Bake until soft – about 45 minutes. Score the side of the chestnuts with a knife and place on a ...