Briottet Crème de Châtaigne (Chestnut) Liqueurs 70 cl

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They are fine but do not compare with the rounded flavour of sweet chestnuts that you have prepared yourself.

It would have been enough Lord that you gave us an abundant harvest that can provide food for our family. Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. The promise of this had Danny sitting, knife and chestnut in hand, for a good hour and a half last night. I met the groundskeeper — regrettably I cannot remember his name — a wonderful, elderly man who spent a quiet life of solitude and prayer on the property.In addition, our liqueur will bring to your kitchen a touch of originality and warmth, both for your sweet and savoury recipes. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product. On a beautiful evening, I found myself with a group of colleagues in the Poznan countryside overlooking the magnificent hills that roll on toward Germany. Chestnut trees grow very well - and very large - in Britain but their crop of nuts is almost invariably disappointing. BRIOTTET, a family business created in 1836, produces the famous Crème de Cassis de Dijon (Geographical Indication) as well as top-of-the-range fruit liqueurs.

In the kitchen of our gracious host, we were presented with an assortment of drinks that were all made completely on the property by the caring hands of the groundskeeper.

But if you can tempt someone to help you, and have something distracting to listen to on the radio, it is well worth the effort. In fact, “Castagne” refers to the old word used to say chestnut in French, but also for the masculine side of this cocktail, made with whisky. Hi, I was given a huge bag of chestnuts in the autumn and froze them whole (following advice read here). From the surrounding southerners of Estrela the chestnut is harvested, whose tree covers the slopes with its gleaming rugs of leaves and hedgehogs. You could also give the white wine-Chestnut liqueur drink a go, which is made up of 1/5 Briottet Chestnut liqueur and 4/5 dry white wine.

The Creme de Chataigne is produced using a maceration of chestnuts from the Ardèche department in France. I happen to love mead and this tastes like a blend of the best mead and roast chestnuts; absolutely gorgeous. As for peeling the little blighter’s we have discovered that snipping off the rounded end of the shell is less bloody and quicker than the slicing method. But if we know it in the form of flour, soup or even cream, it is much less known in the form of liqueur.We can see this adding some lovely rich flavours to cocktails involving dark spirits – though it might be right at home splashed in a coffee, too. Most of the husks contain tiny wafers of empty skins and even the occasional decent sized nut is a third the size of its south European sisters. You need to look for seeds on your side of the water, unfortunately :0( Import rewsrictions are tough. These formidable nuts fall from their spiky, burred fortresses each autumn, and, before we knew it, we amassed over two hundred and fifty pounds. It is PDO thanks to its characteristics and taste, due exclusively to its terroir and the human and ancestral know-how of its region.

Produced in the heart of Burgundy, Briottet’s liqueurs are acclaimed by the world’s best bartenders to create unique cocktails.We recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented here and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product. Maison Briottet produces the original, famous Crème de Cassis de Dijon and has expanded to now craft a range of 60 different top-class cremes and liqueurs. I wanted to let you know that I have just peeled a batch for a stuffing, but this time I peeled them whilst still frozen and the outer skin is so brittle it comes off very easily.