PHOTO: HILARY ROWLEYWhile driving around with one eye always on the chance of a bit of foraging, (not as dangerous as it sounds) I spotted some roadside sweet chestnut trees that looked like they had produced a crop. Sweet chestnut leaves are single and serrated, while horse chestnuts leaves are arranged like hands. Sweet chestnuts have super spiky hedgehog-like cases, while horse chestnut cases are almost smooth or with little bumps. I had read that sweet chestnut flesh makes a great flour alternative, so had to give it a go. We used some of ours to make a batch of pasta using ⅓ chestnut flour to ⅔ wheat flour.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 16, 2021 16:30 UTC