Stewed Chestnuts With Ricotta Recipes

STEWED CHESTNUTS WITH RICOTTA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread chestnuts in a roasting pan and roast until lightly golden, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer to a deep, heavy pot. Cover with cold water, and add fennel, celery, bay leaves and a pinch of salt. Place over medium heat and simmer until the chestnuts are very soft but still whole, about 25 minutes. Drain cooking liquid and reserve. Discard fennel, celery and bay leaves.
• Stir cream and butter into chestnuts, adding reserved cooking liquid if mixture is very thick. Gently reheat on a low burner, then transfer to a warm serving platter. Top with the ricotta and sprinkle with salt and the chopped fennel and celery tops.

CHICKENS STEWED WITH CHESTNUTS

Steps:

• Rub 2 teaspoon of the dark soya sauce all over the chicken, and leave it to marinate for 30 minutes.
• Boil 11 cups of water in a pot, and add the chestnuts and boil for 10 minutes to loosen the skin.
• Drain and rinse in tap water.
• This makes the skin easier to remove.
• Ease off chestnut skins with the tip of a knife.
• Heat oil in a wok till smoking, stif fry the garlic and ginger, till aromatic.
• About 1/2 minute.
• Add chicken and stir fry for 7 minutes or till the chicken changes to white in colour.
• Add remaining soya sauce, oyster sauce and sugar.
• Stir fry for a while before adding the HOT water.
• Stir well (to ensure it is well mixed) and bring to boil.
• Add the peeled chestnuts, and stew covered on MEDIUM HEAT for about 45 minutes.
• Till the gravy is thick and the chicken is tender.
• NOTE 1: Do stir this dish several times, to ensure it doesn't burn.
• Chicken is ready to be served.
• NOTE 2: If you have difficulty finding raw chestnut, you can substitute it with 10 Chinese mushroom, soaked in water to soften first.
• NOTE 3: After the chestnuts have been added, and you have stired for 10 minutes to ensure the chicken is well coated, you can put this dish into your crock pot, and leave it on LOW for 6-8 hours.
• The meal is ready for you to eat with rice when you return home from work.

CHESTNUT STEW

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes and sweet potato separately until soft - about 25 minutes each.
• Meanwhile boil the chestnuts for 20 minutes in the stock.
• Sauté the rosemary, remaining vegetables, dates, yeast extract and tomatoes in the olive oil. Add this to the chestnuts and their juice (which should be mostly soaked up by now) and simmer for about 15 - 20 minutes.
• Heat the soya milk then using a hand-blender (rather than a whisk) blend it with the oil. Once the oil and soya milk are blended, blend in the lime juice (to emulsify the oil and soya milk).
• Drain the potatoes and mash them with 3 tablespoons soya milk mixture, parsley and some salt and pepper.
• Blend the remaining soya milk mixture with mustard, bouillon mix, and the garlic clove.
• Mix together the balsamic vinegar, black strap molasses, carob powder, corn flour, tomato puree, and orange juice to make a paste. Add to the chestnuts and vegetables whilst stirring over a low heat until the sauce thickens.
• Divide the mixture into six 12 cm / 4" - 5" pots then cover with a layer of mashed potato, and finally top with the 'cheesy' sauce.
• Place in a preheated oven 180°C (350°F) Gas Mark 4 for about 20 minutes until the topping goes bubbly and golden.
• Alternatively make 6 stacks of the potato coated with the sauce and grill them for 10 minutes to serve separately with the hot stew.