How to make your own vegan Crème de Marrons (Chestnut Cream) and traditional recipes

Today I would like to share with you two recipes: creme de maroons (chestnut cream) vegan and traditional versions.

 

What is Crème  de Marrons?

Crème  de Marrons is a creamy sweet chestnut puree, which could be used a spread for toasts or crepes, you can add it to porridge or yoghurt. It was invented in 1885!

Crème  de Marrons ingredients

Chestnuts: you could buy them in the supermarket. Everything about chestnuts could be read here.

Cream: use coconut cream for vegan version and heavy (whipping) cream for traditional recipe.

Sweetener: use cane sugar for vegan version and white sugar for traditional recipe.

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Pumpkin sage cannelloni

Tres leches cake

Spinach soup

Crème de Marrons (Chestnut Cream)

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Vegan and traditional vesrsions of Crème  de Marrons

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 10

Calories 268 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Vegan Version

• 250 ml coconut cream full fat
• 200 g chestnuts
• 2 tbsp cane sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Traditional Vesrion

• 200 g chestnuts
• 250 ml cream
• 2 tbsp white sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

 

• Simmer chestnuts, sugar and vanilla for 10 min
• Puree everything

Nutrition

Calories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 2gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 11mgPotassium: 295mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 378IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 27mgIron: 1mg

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