[Sca-cooks] How do you reconstitute dried chestnuts?

ranvaig at columbus.rr.com ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Thu Nov 15 17:54:05 PST 2007


>Hi!
>
>I am trying an old family stuffing recipe for the first time this coming thanksgiving.  It calls
>for chestnuts.  The only chestnuts that I can find that aren't in their shells are dried
>chestnuts.  Has anyone on this list worked with dried chestnuts?  How do I go about reconstituting
>dried chestnuts?  I am assuming that they will need to be moist for the stuffing.  Help?
>
Last year Trader Joe had frozen ones.  If you havent bought the dried ones yet and have one nearby, it might be worth checking.

Ranvaig



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