How to Store Chestnuts?

Chestnuts are a winter treat, and when they're on sale, it's hard to resist buying too many at once. Chestnuts are fragile and require special care to prevent mold or drying out. To avoid wasting your chestnuts, here are some simple storage tips.

Chestnuts have many beneficial properties, such as B vitamins and phosphorus, which help balance the nervous system, while their high levels of fiber promote normal digestion. Chestnuts are also a great source of folic acid, which doctors recommend during pregnancy to promote healthy fetal development. But be careful! Chestnuts are also high in calories, so don't overdo them. If you want to enjoy the benefits of chestnuts throughout the winter and beyond, here are the most effective ways to store and preserve them.

Raw chestnuts can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer. In the first case, the chestnuts must be soaked for nine days, the water should be changed every day, and the chestnuts floating in the water should be discarded. The chestnuts left over after 9 days must be carefully dried, then placed in a jute bag or wooden box, put in the refrigerator, and the water is changed daily and the maximum temperature of the floating chestnuts is removed. The remainder must be carefully dried before placing in a jute bag or wooden box in a refrigerator with a maximum temperature of 37℉ (+3℃). Chestnuts stored this way will keep for up to 3 months.

Be sure to remove rotten chestnuts before freezing them. If you end up going to roast them, remove the skins from them. Wash them well and transfer them to freezer bags and freeze at -4℉ (-20℃). Frozen like this, chestnuts can keep for up to 12 months.

If you want to preserve chestnuts by burying them in the sand, you will need sand or sawdust and a very large container that can hold both. The method is as follows: first, lay a layer of sand, and then a layer of chestnuts. Continue to alternate sand and chestnut layers, finishing with a final layer of sand. In this way, chestnuts can be kept for up to 2 months.

If you prefer to preserve already cooked chestnuts so they are ready to eat, first cook or roast them as usual. Then let them cool and freeze in plastic bags. (If you've baked them, keep removing the skin.) These can last up to 6 months.

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