To roast chestnuts, you will need to follow these simple steps: Optional first step : boiling chestnuts to soften and help prevent drying out while roasting. Preheat your oven to 425°F.

If you're foraging for wild chestnuts, don't confuse edible sweet chestnuts with unrelated (and inedible) horse chestnuts - also known as conkers. Wild British sweet chestnuts are not fully ripe ...