Chestnut Flour

Grain
Used in 1 of 203 cuisines (0%)

Pale, sweet, gluten-free flour milled from dried sweet chestnuts. A cornerstone of the mountain baking of Tuscany, Corsica and the Apennines, where wheat was historically scarce.

Where it comes from

Tuscany and the Apennine mountains, Italy

In the kitchen

Used gluten-free for castagnaccio, necci crepes and sweet flatbreads; contributes natural sweetness and a chestnut aroma.

Flavor affinities

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