Chestnuts

One of the very best things about autumn, chestnuts now come vacuum-packed, so you can enjoy their sweetness and texture all year round.

Use them for petits monts blancs, roulades and in casseroles with game and other meats.

A picture of Delia's Braised Turkey Drumsticks with Port, Pork, Sage and Onion Stuffing, Bacon Rolls, with Cranberry Sauce and Roast Chestnuts recipe

Braised Turkey Drumsticks with Port and Chestnuts

Turkey drumsticks are huge and two of them are enough for six people. What makes this recipe so good is ...

Turkey drumsticks are huge and two of them are enough for six people. What makes this recipe so good is that the slow braising of the meat closest to the bone gives...

Celeriac and Chestnut Soup with Celeriac Crisps

Celeriac comes in difficult sizes for a recipe for four people, so I have used two small ones, which will m...

Celeriac comes in difficult sizes for a recipe for four people, so I have used two small ones, which will make enough for everyone to have seconds. Feel free to mak...

25 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Chestnut Floating Islands

This is cool and light - as are traditional floating islands - and the chestnuts add a Christmas dimension....

This is cool and light - as are traditional floating islands - and the chestnuts add a Christmas dimension. Microwaving the meringues is a breeze, but if you don't ...

Chestnut Soup with Bacon and Thyme Croutons

A bone from a baked ham makes a good stock for this one – but if you use vegetable stock, it is still an ex...

A bone from a baked ham makes a good stock for this one – but if you use vegetable stock, it is still an excellent soup. You can buy the chestnuts ready peeled and ...

45 minutes

to cook

A picture of Delia's Eighteenth-century Chestnut Stuffing recipe

18th Century Chestnut Stuffing

Bottom image: This recipe is adapted from one I first came across in the cookery book written by the eighte...

Bottom image: This recipe is adapted from one I first came across in the cookery book written by the eighteenth-century writer, Hannah Glasse. Peeling chestnuts is ...

10 minutes

to cook

Petits Monts Blancs

Chestnut has an amazing affinity with meringue, and here the creamy richness of mascarpone is lightened by ...

Chestnut has an amazing affinity with meringue, and here the creamy richness of mascarpone is lightened by fromage frais.

Pot-roasted Pheasant with Port and Chestnuts

This recipe makes an excellent change from turkey (if there are not too many of you for Christmas lunch). ...

This recipe makes an excellent change from turkey (if there are not too many of you for Christmas lunch). It is certainly easier and quicker to prepare, and it has ...

1 hour

to cook

Roast Chestnuts

Chestnuts do not contain much oil and traditionally were ground to produce a form of flour which is still u...

Chestnuts do not contain much oil and traditionally were ground to produce a form of flour which is still used in some regions of Italy

25 minutes

to cook

Sautéed Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts

No frazzled nerves here, trying to peel, or more irritatingly, remove the skins from the zillion crevices i...

No frazzled nerves here, trying to peel, or more irritatingly, remove the skins from the zillion crevices in chestnuts. Just a pack of cooked and peeled chestnuts, ...

13 minutes - 14 minutes

to cook

A picture of Delia's Venison Sausages Braised in White Wine with Caramelised Chestnuts recipe

Braised Venison Sausages

You could make this with any kind of good quality sausages, but venison seems more festive. Needless to ...

You could make this with any kind of good quality sausages, but venison seems more festive. Needless to say, a pile of fluffy mashed potato or Puree of Potato and C...