Choose chestnuts with no surface blemishes that don't rattle when you shake them. Soaking the chestnuts in hot water before roasting them makes it easier to remove the shells. Don't forget to score ...

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Score chestnuts - either by carefully cutting a cross into husk and putting a handful at a time in the microwave for 5 minutes to loosen tough shell. Once they cool again, the shell and thin lining ...