Chestnut Pie Made With Chestnuts In Syrup In Their Inner Skins
- 1 Basic kneaded pastry dough
- 60 grams Butter (unsalted)
- 60 grams Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 60 grams Almond Powder
- 2 grams Cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp Brandy
- 1 Chestnuts simmered in their skins
- 1 (to taste)) (Chocolate
- Refer to the recipe for Basic Kneaded Pastry Doughto make the pastry dough for the pie crusts.
- Roll the dough into a cylinder, and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Make the almond cream.
- Add the sugar to the butter and mix well together.
- Add the egg and mix well.
- Be careful not to introduce any air.
- Sift the almond powder and cocoa powder together, and mix in to the butter-sugar-egg mix.
- Add some brandy to finish.
- The almond cream is done.
- Cut the pastry dough into portions.
- Roll out each piece of dough into a circle to fit the molds.
- (If you sandwich the dough between sheets of plastic wrap, you won't need any flour for dusting.)
- I rolled the pastry dough into cylinders as they are easier for me to handle, but you can roll the dough out thinly and cut it out instead.
- Pierce the bottoms of the pastry shells several times with a fork.
- Optionally add some chopped up chocolate.
- Add the cream from step 4 into the pastry shells evenly.
- Put a chestnut that has been wiped dry in the center of each pie.
- I used very large chestnuts, so I cut them in half.
- The number of chestnuts you need will depend on their size.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in a preheated 200C oven.
- The pies are baked.
- The room will be filled with a wondeful nutty fragrance.
- Optionally dust with powdered sugar to dress them up.
- When you bite into a pie, a big chestnut will be revealed.
- It's crispy and crumbly and densely chestnut-y heaven.
pastry, butter, sugar, egg, almond powder, cocoa, brandy, chestnuts, chocolate
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148887-chestnut-pie-made-with-chestnuts-in-syrup-in-their-inner-skins (may not work)