Ingredients:
- 500g dried chestnuts
- Rind of 1 orange, in strips
- Rind of 2 tangerines, in strips
- 3 tblsp cocoa powder
- 100g dark chocolate (60% minimum cocoa)
- 5tblsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground mixed spice
Leave the chestnuts to soak in cold water for 2 hours. Wash well and place in a saucepan covering them with cold water. Boil until slightly tender.
Add all the remaining ingredients, stir gently to dissolve the chocolate and cook on low heat until the chestnuts are soft. Serve warm.
Sweet Olivia, are dried chestnuts the uncooked ones? I know, I shoul know better. But I don’t darling. so I thought that I might as well get educated. Warmest hugs and happy 2012
Hi Valentina! Happy 2012 to you too.
After eating all those chestnuts on our last P2P night then I bet you should know much better 
Yes the dried are the uncooked ones, usually found already peeled. Let me know if you try it.
I will. I came back to copy the recipe down. I’m going to look for the chestnuts to buy.x
Thank you for the recipe. Wish you a happy and blessed Christmas and a peaceful and healthy new year
Ever since my first experience with freshly roasted chestnuts on a corner in Zurich, where you’re handed a warm bundle of joy, chestnuts have been a favorite. I’m lucky- they’re abundant in Northern California now. Look forward to trying your Imbuljuta. Not familiar with this soup but how can you go wrong with roasted chestnuts and chocolate?! Happy holidays Olivia
Hope you’ll like the result Lynn! Best wishes and enjoy the upcoming festive days.