Fried Chestnut Croquettes

Name: Fried Chestnut Croquettes (Croquettes de Marrons)
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: For 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Milk (7 ounces); Egg (1); Fresh chestnuts, in their shells (about 30–or alternative, see above); French marrons glacés, sugar-glazed chestnuts, canned (6 whole); Peanut oil for deep-frying; Fresh chestnuts, in their shells (about 30–or alternative, see above); Fine breadcrumbs (½ cup); Olive oil (4 Tb); Confectioners’ sugar (about ¼ cup); Crystal salt; Whole vanilla bean (1)

Croquettes de Marrons

Preparation info

For
4
people

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth

By Roy Andries De Groot

Published 1973

About

A dramatically good dessert whenever fresh chestnuts are available, usually in the winter months, but can also, with some compromise, be made with dried chestnuts or with canned French chestnut purée. (See discussion; menu with wines.)

Ingredients

Staple Items

Egg (1)
Milk (7 ounces)
Confectioners’ sugar (about

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Using a short-bladed oyster knife, make 3 deep cross-gashes on the flat side of each chestnut and put them in a fairly large roasting pan over medium-high frying heat on top of stove. Sprinkle them with 3