Chestnut Cream

Ingredients

• Chestnuts, 2 quarts
• Powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon
• Brandy, or good sherry, 1 wine-glass
• Vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Shell and blanch the chestnuts, and put them over the fire in boiling water and cook until tender enough to put through a sieve.

2. 2

   Toss them up lightly with a fork, and add to them the powdered sugar, the brandy, or sherry, and a little flavoring of vanilla.

3. 3

   Place on a dish, and cover with a pint of cream whipped light with a little powdered sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 79. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHESTNUT CREAM Chestnuts, 2 quarts, Powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon, Brandy, or good sherry, 1 wine-glass, Vanilla

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