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Roasted chestnuts with split shells in an air fryer basket

Air Fryer Roasted Chestnuts

Chestnuts cut with a cross, boiled for 15 minutes, glazed with sugar water and air fried at 180°C for 15 minutes.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 1 batch
Course: Snack
Cuisine: European
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • chestnuts washed
  • 10 g sugar
  • water a little, to dissolve the sugar

Method
 

  1. Wash the chestnuts.
  2. Make a cross cut in the middle of each one, through the shell.
  3. Put them in a pot of water and cook for 15 minutes.
  4. Lift them out and dry them.
  5. Put 10 g of sugar in a bowl, add a little water and stir until it dissolves.
  6. Pour the cooked chestnuts into the sugar water and stir so they are evenly coated.
  7. Put them in the air fryer and bake at 180°C (356°F) for 15 minutes.
  8. Peel while they are still warm.

Video

Notes

Peel them warm. Once chestnuts cool, the thin inner skin sticks to the nut.
Cut the cross all the way through the shell, or the chestnuts can burst in the heat.