I will never forget tasting chestnuts for the first time at a Thanksgiving celebration in Tours, France in 1980. I thought things couldn’t get much better than that; I hadn’t tasted “crème de marrons vanillée.” This specialty of the Ardèche department is made by the Clement Faugier company. Imitations may exist, but I would never buy them. The firm also makes marrons glacés, or glazed chestnuts, which are a popular treat at Christmastime.
Crème de marrons is packaged in jars, cans or tubes. Delicious on fresh crêpes, it can also be used in baking, as in this chocolate chestnut cake .
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