Candied Chestnuts
INGREDI- ENTS. - Chestnuts, lemon-juice, clarified sugar.
Take off the outer skin of the nuts, and put them into a pan of boiling water for a minute or so till the second skin comes off easily; after this throw them into another pan of boiling water and boil till tender.
Squeeze the juice of a lemon into a basin of lukewarm water and put the chestnuts in this when done; when cool dip them in clarified sugar (see RECIPE) and lay on a slab to dry.
