Ingredients

  • This ancient recipe that I adapted from the book by Urbain Dubois "la nouvelle cuisine bourgeoise". It is a difficult recipe to realize but it is worth the try.
whipped chestnut cream:
  • 5 dozens chestnuts, peeled and skinned
  • 1 litre (1.1 qt) whole milk
  • 50g (1.75 oz) caster sugar
  • 2 vanilla pod, halved and grated
  • caster sugar equal to the total weight of your chestnut pure
  • 1 litre (1.1 qt) whipping cream