Chestnut Puree

Ingredients

• to taste chestnuts
• 1 pinch white granulated sugar
• to taste butter
• 1 quart chicken

Steps

1. Carefully split the skin at the thin (protruding) side of the chestnuts.
2. Place them on a baking tray that contains a little water.
3. Bake the chestnuts in the oven for around 7–8 minutes.
4. This will make it easier to peel them.
5. Peel the chestnuts.
6. Cook the chestnuts in just enough consommé for them to be damp.
7. The chestnuts should not be hard but not be too well cooked either.
8. Pass the cooked chestnuts through a fine sieve.
9. Put the puree into a saucepan.
10. Add a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt if necessary.
11. Add the fine butter.
12. Turn off the heat once thick.