Roasted chestnuts with cinnamon butter

Total: 40 min. | Active: 25 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 4 people

Chestnuts
500 g chestnuts
  water, boiling
Cinnamon butter
50 g butter, soft
1 tbsp milk
1 tbsp icing sugar
¼ tsp cinnamon
2 pinch sea salt

How it's done

Chestnuts

Using the tip of a knife, make a long slit across the rounded side of each chestnut, then cook in boiling water for approx. 10 mins. Drain the chestnuts, place them while still wet on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

To bake

Approx. 15 mins. in the upper half of an oven preheated to 220 °C, turning the chestnuts from time to time. Remove, allow to cool slightly.

Cinnamon butter

Using the whisk on a mixer, beat the butter in a bowl for approx. 2 mins. until light and creamy. Add the milk and all the other ingredients, continue to mix for approx. 2 mins. Peel the chestnuts while still hot and serve with the cinnamon butter.

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