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With the approach of the winter season, the star of the season, chestnut, started to take its place in the recipes. There are many desserts made with chestnuts, from delicious cheesecakes to roll cakes. While watching the journey of snowflakes, you can reward yourself with delicious chestnut recipes. So, let's leave you to the delicious dessert recipes that you can prepare with chestnut, the shining star of the winter season.

Chestnut and Coffee Cheesecake

Ingredients:

     For the Base:

• 60 g melted butter
• 200 g oat biscuits

     For Filling:

• 300 g labneh cheese at room temperature
• 200 g unsalted curd cheese at room temperature
• 115 g granulated sugar
• 500 g chestnuts
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 2 tablespoons of granulated coffee

     For toppings:

• Candied chestnut
• Chopped chestnuts

     Preparation:

• Peel the chestnuts that you boiled until they got soft.
• Mix the chestnuts you have peeled with coffee and milk and make a puree.
• Add butter to the oat biscuits that you ground in the food processor and mix the ingredients.
• Pour the biscuit mixture into a 22 cm diameter springform pan on which you have laid out the greaseproof paper.
• Leave the flattened base to cool in the freezer.
• Whisk the labneh and curd cheeses until they have a creamy consistency.
• Add the egg, granulated sugar, and vanilla essence and continue beating.
• Add the coffee chestnut puree.
• Beat for another 2-3 minutes, and pour over the biscuit base.
• Put a bowl of water in the preheated oven at 170 degrees and bake the cheesecake for about 50-60 minutes.
• You can serve the dessert after resting in the refrigerator for a while.

Chestnut Pie

Ingredients:

     For dough:

• 1 pack of all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 100 g soft butter

     For toppings:

• 20 chestnuts
• 1 pack of cocoa powder
• 3.5 teacups of milk
• Cracked walnuts

     Preparation:

• Mix the flour and the cocoa powder.
• In the middle of the mixture, add the butter, egg, powdered sugar, and water.
• Divide the kneaded dough into six equal parts.
• Roll out the dough into small circles and place them in tart tins.
• Make small holes in the dough.
• Place small greaseproof papers on the dough and place weights on top of the papers. In this way, the shape of the dough will be flatter.
• Bake in a preheated 180-degree oven for about 25 minutes.
• Take the weights off the dough.
• Bake the dough for another five minutes.
• Let the tarts that have changed color cool down until they are at room temperature.
• Squeeze the mashed candied chestnut and cream on top of the tart.
• You can garnish them with walnuts and serve them.

Chestnut Parfait

Ingredients:

• 200 g melted milk chocolate
• 250 g chestnuts
• 100 g biscuits
• 450 ml cream
• 50 g dark chocolate

     Preparation:

• Boil the chestnuts and mash them.
• Place a cling film in the container you have cooled with cold water.
• Mix the chocolate, chestnut puree, and biscuit.
• Add the cream and mix well, then pour it into the container.
• Freeze the ingredients for about four hours.
• Remove 20 minutes before serving and serve with dark chocolate.

Chestnut Roll Cake

     Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 1 cup of granulated sugar
• 1 cup of flour
• 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• Chestnut cream

     For Toppings:

• 50 ml milk cream
• 100 g chocolate
• 2 tablespoons of almonds
• 1 tablespoon of peanuts

     Preparation:

• For the sponge cake, beat the egg with granulated sugar.
• Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix well.
• Bake the mixture you poured on the tray for 10-12 minutes in a preheated oven at 170 degrees.
• After you take it out of the oven, leave the sponge cake you rolled to cool down for a bit.
• Open the sponge cake, apply chestnut cream to one corner all the way of the cake, and wrap it.
• Boil the milk cream until it reaches the boiling point and then add the chocolate and melt it.
• Pour the chocolate sauce over the roll, and serve with almonds and pistachios.

Candied Chestnut

     Ingredients:

• 1 kg chestnuts
• 2 cups of sugar
• 2 cups of water at room temperature

     Preparation:

• Boil the chestnuts until they are soft, and then peel them.
• Place the water and sugar in a wide-bottomed saucepan and stir until dissolved.
• Arrange the chestnuts in a single row at the bottom of the pot, then close the lid of the pot.
• Cook for two hours on low heat, and turn it over occasionally.
• Your recipe is ready. Enjoy your meal!

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