Freshly roasted chestnuts

Not sure if March is the season for chestnut, but I do find fresh raw chestnuts at $0.99 a pound in our local grocery store. So I bought a three pounds home to find out how to eat them. I've heard about roasted chestnuts before, but have never eaten it freshly roasted. So I tried out roasting.

Recipe: Roasted chestnuts (3 lbs)

Ingredients:
- 3 pounds of fresh chestnuts

Procedure:
Spread the chestnuts uniformly in one layer in a metal baking tray. Bake in the oven at 250F for about 1 hour to 1.5 hours. When the chestnuts are almost done, they give out a unique sweet chestnut smell. When that smell is come, let them bake for about 10-20 minutes. Turn turn heat off and allow to cool in the oven for 30 minutes.

They make a wonderful snack. The shells can be opened with a nut cracker. The roasted chestnuts are soft, and may need to be scooped out with a small spoon.