Chestnut Crumbs

Fancy ices · Marshall, A. B. (Agnes B.) n 50075751 · 1894
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Fancy ices
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (8)
  1. Cut off the tops of the chestnuts.
  2. Bake the nuts for about twenty minutes.
  3. Remove the skins.
  4. Put the nuts to braise in sufficient light stock or milk to cover them.
  5. Bring to the boil, simmer them till tender, which will take about three-quarters of an hour, when they should be quite dry.
  6. Colour with a few drops of Marshall's Carmine.
  7. Rub them through a wire sieve.
  8. Then use.
Original Text
Chestnut Crumbs Take a pound of chestnuts, cut off the tops, and bake the nuts for about twenty minutes; remove the skins, and put the nuts to braise in sufficient light stock or milk to cover them, bring to the boil, simmer them till tender, which will take about three-quarters of an hour, when they should be quite dry; colour with a few drops of Marshall's Carmine, and rub them through a wire sieve; then use.
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