Chestnuts with Grand Marnier

Name: Chestnuts with Grand Marnier (Marroni al Grand Marnier)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 12 chestnuts in syrup or Candied Chestnuts; 12 chestnuts in syrup or Candied Chestnuts; 55 g (2 oz) icing sugar; 300 ml (10 fl oz) double cream, whipped; 2 tbsp Grand Marnier; 12 fresh bay leaves, in perfect condition

Marroni al Grand Marnier

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio Goes Wild

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2001

About

If using fresh chestnuts, cook them as in the previous recipe, and candy them. You could always buy a jar of chestnuts in syrup, or marrons glacés.

Ingredients

12 chestnuts in syrup or Candied Chestnuts
55 g (2 oz) icing

Europe
Italy
Condiment
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Drain the chestnuts from their syrup. Mix the sugar with the whipped cream and then fold in the liqueur. Make 3 quenelles from the mixture, using 2 dessertspoons. Place the quenelles on a dessert plate, and position a chestnut on top of each one. Do the same on 3 other plates. Pour over a little of the chestnut syrup, and decorate with the bay leaves before serving.