List of recipes using Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): 11 recipes (without meat)
A short selection of recipes from this list
List of recipes using Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
- Desserts : 11 recipes
Ardéchois
Ardéchois is a deliciously moist regional cake with chestnut cream. April 6th 202510 K 1 hour
Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits
Here's a really simple recipe for little nutty biscuits, combining hazelnuts with a double dose of chestnut flavour: flour and purée (crème de marrons). February 28th 202144 K3 2 hours 1 min.
Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée. August 28th 2025351 K5 1 hour 15 min.
Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes
This recipe allows you to enjoy a delicious brownie-style combination of melting fudgy texture and cake, with the distinct flavours of chocolate and chestnut purée. January 31th 201681 K5 55 min.
Chestnut moelleux
"Moelleux" means soft, and is also the name given to the gooey, soft-centred cakes that are popular in France. These muffin-style cakes are doubly chestnutty: there is chestnut purée in the mixture and pieces of marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) in the middle as well. The result is a little melt-in-the-mouth treat. February 11th 201862 K 15 1 hour 15 min.
Chestnut mousse in a whipper
In France, chestnut mousse is sometimes called "Mousse Mont Blanc". It is a delicious combination of whipped cream with chestnut purée, traditionally mixed in very gently. Here is a simple, rapid version, made with a cream... October 18th 202066 K 9 min.
Chocolate-chestnut cream cake
A delicious and very moist cake, where the flavors of chestnuts and chocolate are perfectly balanced. September 21th 20253,7505 1 hour 30 min.
Like MaronSui's
Perhaps you've heard of "MaronSui's", those chestnut mousses you find in shops? Here's a much better homemade version, easy enough to make. May 26th 202426 K 2 2 hours 30 min.
Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines
This is a fresh-flavoured verrine with 3 different flavoured layers: vanilla panna cotta, clementine and chestnut mousse. December 11th 2022195 K 13.5 25 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
These mini choux puffs are topped with a layer of craquelin and filled with Mont-Blanc cream: a mixture of whipped cream and sweetened chestnut purée. March 17th 201974 K 1 hour 45 min.
Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears
A rice pudding a bit atypical, no sugar added, but chestnut cream instead, and served in a verrine with diced poached pears. November 22th 202329 K 1 hour 30 min.