Buttery, slightly sweet cooked chestnuts are a dream in desserts, such as Nigella Lawson's chestnut pavlova, and in savory dishes, like Wolfgang Puck's creamy chestnut soup. Here, all of our best ...

You will need an 8-in loose-bottomed cake pan, buttered. Preheat the oven 325ºF. To make the chocolate sponge cake, place the milk and the chopped chestnuts in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium ...

Chestnut cake, you know, really holds a special place in Tuscan kitchens, especially in autumn when chestnut flour is a ...

This makes a fabulous dessert for an elegant holiday dinner. The chestnut cake is layered with a chestnut-studded chocolate-caramel ganache, glazed with chocolate and topped with gold-dusted, whole ...

Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 4. Butter a loose-bottom cake tin about 20cm x 8 cm (8in x 3 ¼ in). Line the base and sides with baking paper, and also cut out a circle for the top of the cake. In ...

Note: Piero Antinori says: “It is a very old tradition in Tuscany to eat chestnuts. We enjoy them boiled or roasted with the new wines. In the countryside, they still make a sort of chestnut polenta ...

Earthy chestnuts and rich chocolate make for a deliciously dense pudding cake. There’s nothing more festive than a sweet ...

My grandmother Ginny's signature dish was quail braised with chestnuts, served on polenta or grits. She was Louisianan and had emigrated to Italy, and I suppose the dish — game, cornmeal and the ...