What Is Chestnut puree and How Can I Use It?

Chestnut puree rewards a little know-how: how to choose it, cook it, store it, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 6 recipes to cook with it.

Recipes using chestnut puree

There are 6 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Nesselrode Pudding

Nesselrode pudding pie folds sweetened chestnut puree and candied chestnuts into vanilla-spiked whipped cream and gelatin-set custard. The 19th-century holiday classic in pie form.

Chocolate & Chestnut Loaf

A no-bake chocolate chestnut loaf with dark chocolate, butter, chestnut puree, and brandy. Chilled overnight into a dense, sliceable terrine. Serve with piped cream or marron glace.

Chocolate Chestnut Bourbon Torte

Flourless chestnut and pecan torte with a bourbon-coffee-chocolate filling, bittersweet chocolate ganache icing, and bourbon chantilly cream. Rich, nutty, and deeply warming. The kind of torte that ends a dinner party with a standing ovation.

Choclate Chestnut Bourbon Torte with a Kentucky Bourbon Cream

A showstopping flourless torte layered with chestnut-bourbon filling, coated in bittersweet chocolate icing, and served with bourbon whipped cream. Rich, nutty, and deeply indulgent.

Brazil & Cashew Nut Roast with Chestnut Stuffing

Vegan nut roast layered with ground brazil nuts, cashews, and millet, stuffed with a chestnut puree center. Herb-spiced and golden-baked, this is the plant-based centerpiece your holiday table needs.

Chestnut, apple, walnut & celery stuffing

Very healthy and nutritious combination, tastes very well too!

All 6 recipes