Mont-Blanc a Delicious Dessert
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471497)
Switzerland
October 16, 2015 9:35am CST
In Switzerland chestnuts are pretty popular.
Most people like to roast chestnuts on a wooden fire and eat them hot accompanied by mulled wine.
If you prefer, you can use chestnuts to make an easy, but delicious dessert, the Mont-Blanc (White Mountain).
You need to boil the peeled chestnuts until they are soft enough to be puréed.
Then you mix the purée with sugar syrup and a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
When ready to serve the dessert, put a meringue on a small dessert dish, top the meringue with the purée and add some whipped cream.
Have you ever tried this dessert?
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42 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
16 Oct 15
My husband is the chestnut eater - he steams the or does them in the microwave.I can't eat nuts of any kind.
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
17 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill I wonder if the fact to boil them remove some starch, I do not know the reason.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@LadyDuck Maybe because they are ground finely.
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@allknowing (136369)
• India
17 Oct 15
It sure looks appetising. I like the idea of making a paste. I suppose we could do that with any other nuts too.
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@redvakaurvaki (4216)
• Indonesia
19 Oct 15
This delicious dessert is not really popular i my country, but surely it really looks so delicious. Perhaps I can get one looking like this, but this one really looking good
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@redvakaurvaki (4216)
• Indonesia
22 Oct 15
@LadyDuck I miss so many good stuff that you have in your country, Ana. Yes, we don't have chestnuts sadly
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
22 Oct 15
@redvakaurvaki But you have other delicious fruits and other stuff that we co not have in our country my dear.
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@Fleura (30382)
• United Kingdom
16 Oct 15
No I haven't but I love chestnuts and I have made a chestnut dessert with raspberry sauce which is lovely. We also often use chestnuts in recipes instead of mushrooms as my partner hates any sort of mushroom. Here you can buy pre-cooked, vacuum-packed chestnuts which are very handy!
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
16 Oct 15
I have never eaten anything made with chestnuts, so this might be a good way to try them. I love all the other ingredients you listed.
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@LadyDuck I like things that I can make and freeze for future use. It's such a timesaver.
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
16 Oct 15
@NeldaHoxie So true, now it is pumpkin season, I will also prepare pumpkin puree to use later.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
18 Oct 15
No, not served here. I don't remember every having it while in Europe either.
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@snowy22315 (180664)
• United States
23 Apr 16
I have not, and it looks very interesting. I thought it was pasta on the top.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Oct 15
No, I never tried this. How healthy do you think it is? I'm really working heard on improving my health these days as I don't like being sick.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Oct 15
@LadyDuck You are so right, so we should only occasionally have them and enjoy them.
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@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
7 Dec 15
So far i did not taste it but the way you told , made me feel like i should definitely taste it at the earliest. . The dessert seems to be easy to prepare. I will try to get all the ingredients you have mentioned and prepare it. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe and uploading the picture
. The dessert seems to be easy to prepare. I will try to get all the ingredients you have mentioned and prepare it. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe and uploading the picture1 person likes this
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
7 Dec 15
@LadyDuck
I will definitely give it a try . I think it is tasty, filling and easy to prepare too. Once i prepare it i will inform you about how it came out .
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
7 Dec 15
@vathsala30 Thank you I will be pleased to hear from you.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
16 Oct 15
looks delicious - reminds me of chocolates called Walnut whips
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
17 Oct 15
@LadyDuck I saw some recently but in an expensive box of ten - not individually sold or I would have got one.
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