Who doesn't know the delicious taste of chestnuts, especially those from the Ardèche? The original chestnut cream is a real treat for aperitifs and many cocktail and dessert recipes. But what can you do with chestnut liqueur?
If you've run out of inspiration for your cooking, Distillerie Eyguebelle has come up with 9 recipes for using chestnut cream.
But before you start cooking, here's the first recipe to answer the question: how do you drink chestnut cream?
Eyguebelle chestnut cream is a 16% alcohol fruit spirit.
To drink chestnut purée, pour it directly over ice in a liqueur glass and enjoy with friends! Remember to put your bottle in the freezer a little before serving. It's best served chilled.
Tip: For those with a sweet tooth, you can add a marron glacé (glazed chestnut) to the bottom of the glass, which your guests can eat with a spoon after drinking all the liqueur.
You're no doubt familiar with the famous blanc-cassis served as an aperitif. Here's a well-known Ardèche variation that combines chestnut cream with white wine
Pour 1/5 chestnut liqueur and 4/5 white wine into a wine glass. Serve chilled.
A well-known variation on the previous aperitif, champagne with chestnut cream.
Simply replace the white wine with the champagne of your choice for a more sophisticated cocktail.
First pour 1/5 of the chestnut cream into a flute, then top up the glass with champagne.
An original chestnut cocktail to serve in a tall cocktail glass.
Ingredients:
Mix all the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Pour into the cocktail glass and sprinkle with nutmeg.
Ingredients:
Add the plum brandy and chestnut liqueur to a brandy glass and stir. Add the orange slice. Enjoy.
This vodka-based cocktail will bring to mind the end of summer and the flavours of early autumn.
Ingredients:
Pour all the ingredients into the shaker and fill with ice. Shake to mix and pour into a cocktail glass.
Tip: decorate the glass with a piece of fruit.
Chestnut cream cake is a delicious chestnut and liqueur fondant recipe. In short, if you're chestnut lovers, you can't pass up this +++ chestnut recipe.
Ingredients:
In a bowl, macerate the chestnut chips with the chestnut cream. Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 180°. Mix the chestnut cream with the beaten eggs. Melt the butter and mix with the flour. Fold the butter-flour mixture into the chestnut cream and add the cream with the broken pieces.
Pour the batter into a cake tin thick enough to keep the cake melt-in-the-mouth. Bake in the oven at 180° for 30 minutes.
Enjoy while still warm, a real treat!
Here's a dessert recipe that's a change from the traditional vanilla or chocolate cream dessert! A chestnut version that will delight your palate.
Ingredients:
Mix all the ingredients together and whisk for a few minutes. It's ready to eat.
The sweet flavour of apples goes well with that of chestnut cream. You're sure to love this apple tart recipe with its delicious chestnut flavour.
Ingredients:
Start by peeling the apples and cutting them into slices to taste. Roll out the shortcrust pastry inPlace the shortcrust pastry in a pie dish. Prick the pastry with a fork to help it cook. Mix 2 tablespoons of chestnut liqueur with the apple sauce and spread the mixture over the base of the dish.
Cover the entire dish with the apple pieces.Bake in the oven at 200° for 1/2 hour.
Pancakes are easy to make and always good. Discover a recipe for chestnut pancake batter for a change!
Ingredients:
Place the flour in a bowl and form a well. Add the eggs, sugar and oil and whisk to combine. At the same time, gradually add the milk until the batter becomes slightly thick.
Leave the batter to rest for at least an hour before making your pancakes.
