Chestnut Puree

I always associate the smell of roasting chestnuts with fall feasting and like to serve this soup as a prelude to a holiday meal. If you decide to make it at Thanksgiving, be sure to make enough so you can have it hot the next day with cold leftover turkey.

Depending on how adventurous (or masochistic) you are, this soup can be thrown together in a few minutes or can take most of an afternoon. You can start with whole unpeeled chestnuts, peeled chestnuts in jars or cans (broken piec