Kuri no Shibukawani Candied Chestnuts in Inner Skin
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- Total time
- 550 min
- Level
- Hard
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 4
About this dish
Each chestnut keeps its brown inner skin and sits glossy in syrup.
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Makers in Saitama picked large nuts from growing areas such as Hidaka, and this autumn sweet once appeared only at festivals and celebrations. The outer shell comes off shallowly from the base, because even a small nick in the inner skin opens up over the repeated boils.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Soak 1kg fresh chestnuts in plenty of cold water for 6 to 12 hours to soften the outer shells.
Discard floating or insect-damaged nuts and drain.
- 2
Insert a small knife shallowly at the base and remove only the hard outer shell.
Keep the blade away from the brown inner skin and set deeply nicked nuts aside for another use.
- 3
Cover the chestnuts generously with cold water in a wide pot and add 15g baking soda.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, lower the heat, simmer 10 minutes, and carefully drain the blackened water without knocking the nuts together.
- 4
Keep the chestnuts in lukewarm water and remove coarse veins and fuzz from each nut with a bamboo skewer or soft toothbrush.
Do not remove the inner skin; rinse twice in clean water.
- 5
Cover with fresh water, simmer gently for 5 to 6 minutes, and drain; repeat four times.
When the final water is pale and a skewer enters smoothly, lift the nuts one by one into a colander.
- 6
Arrange the chestnuts in one layer in a clean pot and add just enough water to cover.
Add 150g sugar and simmer 10 minutes, then repeat twice more with 150g each time and 10 minutes of simmering.
- 7
Dissolve 5g salt in the syrup and turn off the heat.
Keep the chestnuts submerged with a paper drop lid and cool completely in the pot before lifting each nut with a clean spoon.
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- 일본 농림수산성 うちの郷土料理
JAいるま野 武蔵野食文化推進者 · Checked: 2026-08-11
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