Chestnut Recipes

One of our goals is to help rebuild a vibrant regional food culture around perennial staple foods like chestnuts. We see you as an important partner in that effort, and we would love to hear from you about your experience working with these nuts! Please share feedback, recipes, the results of your experiments, what worked and didn’t work, and what you are learning about best ways to use this important climate-resilient food. If you are posting on social media about recipes or dishes, we welcome a tag @breadtreefarms.

For instructions on storing and cooking chestnuts, click here.

Fresh Chestnuts

Kuri Gohan (Japanese Chestnut Rice)

Galbi Jjim (Korean Chestnut + Beef Short Rib Stew)

Red Cooked Chicken with Chestnuts

Chestnut Burger

Chestnut Hummus

Chestnut Pudding

Gluten Free Chestnut Beer

Chestnut Cheesecake

Chestnut Cream

Chestnut Soup

Squash Risotto with Chestnut Chili Oil

Chestnut Flour

‘The Ambassador’ Chestnut Biscuit — the gold standard!

Chestnut Tagliatelle

Chestnut Flour Ravioli

Castagnaccio (Tuscan Chestnut Cake)

Necci (Tuscan Chestnut Pancakes)

Chestnut Polenta @ Forager Chef

Chestnut Polenta / “Pulenda” (Corsican Polenta)

Another Corsican Polenta / “Pulenda” Recipe

Chestnut Pasta with Walnut Sauce (try foraging for native Black Walnuts!)

Chestnut-Flour Banana Bread

Chestnut Cookbooks

The Chestnut Cook Book: Recipes, Folklore and Practical Information — by Annie Bhagwandin

Easy Chestnut Cookbook

The Chestnut Cookbook — by Ian Wallace