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5 min
Average: 3.3 (4 votes)

Chestnut snack

By Hiroyuki Kanda, Pastry Chef

French chestnut paste has a natural brown color, making it ideal for pastry snack. Chestnut is an iconic product among foodies, symbolizing the love story between a region and its produce. This dessert is inspired of a real chestnut, made with bean paste  and chestnut paste.     

Ingredients For

  • 80 g
  • 80 g
  • Châtaigne d'Ardèche AOP
    Ardèche Chestnuts PDO

Preparation

1

Spread out a piece of plastic wrap, divide the boiled chestnuts, and wrap them with about 20g of marron paste. Do not knead the marron paste, but use its original consistency.  

2

Spread about 20g of koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) and wrap it round.   

3

Shape into a chestnut with the tip slightly pointed.  

4

Put a poppy seed on the butt (opposite the pointed end) and you're done!

Contributor

Hiroyuki Kanda
Hiroyuki Kanda

Pastry Chef

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