Chestnuts come into the shops just in time for Bonfire Night. They’re delicious roasted and serve a double purpose of keeping your hands nice and warm while you are eating them.

The recipe advises you to cook them in the oven, but if you have a chestnut roaster or even a bbq you can always transfer them to this once cooked and hold them near a flame to get that bonfire authentic smoky flavour.

1kg / 21lb chestnuts

Heat the oven to 200oC / 400oF / Gas mark 6.

Cut a cross into the top of each chestnut nut into the top of the flesh.

Put in a roasting tin and bake until the skins open and the insides are tender – about 30 minutes.

Serve in either a small bowl or paper bags so you can eat them without dropping them, Peel away the skin and the pithy white bit inside to get the sweet kernel out.