Chestnuts - Food of paradise

Chestnuts have been present in China and Japan since ancient times, long before the Roman army brought them to Europe. Many types of chestnuts have grown wild in Asian hearts, partly in the Middle East and Europe.

The Romans had planted premium chestnut trees to get flour used in combination with flour to make bread. Greeks and Turks are also fortunate to enjoy the sweet prosperity that the harvests of robust chestnut forests bring.

The Romans exported the best chestnuts from Kastanum, now the Asian land of Turkey. The scientific name of the chestnut is Castanea which comes from this place (Kastanum or Kastanéa).

Leaves, flowers, " coats " flutter

Chestnuts contain perfect nutritional ingredients.

Most people believe that nuts are oily, but chestnuts are an exception. The low fat content, in 100g of cooked chestnuts, contains only 1-3 g (this number in almonds is about 50.6 g).

Perhaps you will guess that they have low calorie levels. The truth is that in 100 grams of cooked chestnuts contain 57-153 calories, depending on the type.

The protein in chestnuts is small, ranging from 0.82-2.88g in 100g. Moreover, chestnuts are rich in starch, so will provide more energy.

The brown seed pods

Chinese chestnuts lead the chestnuts of ' achievement ' of energy with 33.64g of carbohydrates / 100g of ripe chestnuts. This number in Japanese chestnuts is 12.64g. This amount of carbohydrates makes chestnuts, when they are ripe, dry and fall off, contain small, excellent starches with high nutrition.

In all nuts, chestnuts are the only nuts that contain Vitamin C. 28.35g cooked or steamed chestnuts contain 9.5-26.7mg of vitamins, while dried nuts have twice the amount of vitamins. : from 15.1 to 61.3mg / 28.35g.

Roasted chestnuts

All three types of chestnuts, Chinese, Japanese and Europeans contain B vitamins, including folacin. All contain significant trace minerals including: calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, man-liver, copper, selenium, zinc and are an exceptionally abundant source of potassium in the amount of 119 mg-715mg in 100g.

In Khanh Hoa, there is a famous chestnut of Trung Khanh (Cao Bang). At the end of August the lunar calendar, the chestnuts begin to ripen. When ripe, its shell has a mixture of brown to purple. When chestnuts have not been boiled, their flesh is firm, crispy, sweet and sweet yellow.

A piece of chestnut ( left photo ), chestnut shell is turned into an instrument ( right photo )