Chestnut desserts

Hungarian cake

candied chestnut

French dessert

Castagnaccio is an Italian chestnut flour cake. It is a typically autumnal dessert, made by a dough of chestnut, water, olive oil, pine nuts, and raisins, and baked. Local variations may include other ingredients, such as rosemary, orange rind, fennel seeds, and other dried fruit. There are also variations on the thickness of the cake, and specific names are sometimes used locally to refer to such variations. For example, in Livorno, a castagnaccio 3 centimeters thick is called toppone.

cake prepared using chestnuts

Fritelli (singular Fritellu), also Fritelle (singular Fritella) are Corsican doughnuts or fritters made from fried wheat or chestnut flour (Fritelle castagnine). A preparation of the fritters is referred to as Fritelli di Casgiu Frescu with fresh cheese (or Brocciu) or Fritelli di Salciccia with sausage.