Thomas Haas is in the kitchen with his festive recipe for a Chestnut Mont Blanc. Shortbread. Ingredients. 1/3 cup sugar ¾ cup butter Pinch of salt 1 ½ cups + 2 Tbsp all purpose flour ...

1kg chestnuts, cooked and peeled (to yield 500g) 2 cups milk. 1 vanilla bean, split. 1 cup castor sugar. 2 tablespoons brandy. 2 cups cream, lightly whipped ...

To make this dessert a quick one, use a prepared chestnut spread (available online and, at this time of year, at some supermarkets) and store-bought meringue cookies. Photograph by Vared Guttman ...

Method. Meringue. Preheat oven to 130c. Line an oven tray with parchment paper. Place sugar and egg whites in a spotlessly clean bowl and whisk to a stiff peak.

It’s a little warm out for an open fire, but for many Christmas time means the sweet flavor of chestnuts, be they roasted, pureed, or […] ...

Look forward to trying unique mont blanc variations including a Japanese chestnut cream mont blanc and another made with raspberry and fromage blanc cream. Additionally, ...

Another new opening this month, Imoko Jiyugaoka, has also invented an especially sweet version of the Mont Blanc. Its Oimono Mont Blanc adds a custard creme brulee atop a rich satsumaimo (sweet ...

1kg chestnuts, cooked and peeled (to yield 500g) 2 cups milk. 1 vanilla bean, split. 1 cup castor sugar. 2 tablespoons brandy. 2 cups cream, lightly whipped ...