Autumn, between the other things, is definitely the season of the chestnuts, and here it is a recipe of Fulvio Marino which is absolutely giving the right value to this fruit that has been very important in the past for many peasant communities. Indeed I am going to use chestnut flour, boiled chestnuts and chestnut…
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Castagnaccio – Traditional Italian Chestnut Flour Cake
Autumn means chestnuts, and in Italy there is a very particular and interesting traditional cake made with chestnut flour: the Castagnaccio. More precisely is a cake typical of the regions Tuscany, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and Lazio, but it’s also made on Corsica island. We call it cake but it’s not really matching the common idea…
Polenta & Baccalá 