Dishes with chestnuts - 2 cooking recipes

Chestnuts are an integral part of the Christmas holiday table in France, Belgium, and Germany. How to prepare these unusual fruits so that they are not only tasty at home, but also healthy? There are a lot of different options and recipes. They can be fried and boiled, and if you grind them into flour and knead dough from it, you get aromatic baked goods: shortbread cookies, filled pies, sweet cakes. They are also often added as an ingredient to risotto or traditional pilaf. To fry chestnuts, you need to make a cut on each one with a knife, as they often burst with noise. You need to keep the fruits on the fire until a special smell appears, but not burnt! Otherwise, they will be harmful to health, and everything will have to be redone. There is no need to add oil to the pan. Cook chestnuts over low heat until soft. They will have an unaesthetic appearance, but will become tender and appetizing.