{"id":3409,"date":"2020-09-16T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T06:47:54","slug":"hokuhokus-autumn-taste-has-arrived-started-selling-the-famous-roasted-chestnuts-sanwa%e2%80%90ward-joetsu-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/3409\/","title":{"rendered":"?A soft and flaky autumn taste has arrived! The famous \u201croasted chestnuts\u201d have started to be sold at the store (Sanwa-Ward, Joetsu City)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ripening the chestnuts in ice storage, the sugar content is tripled!<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

Grape,\u00a0saury, matsutake mushrooms \u2026 What kind of foods do you think of when describing the taste of autumn?<\/p>\r\n

At\u00a0Miyazawa Chestnut Farm in Kitadai, Sanwa-Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, sales of \u201croasted chestnuts\u201d, which are in season and boast a great sweetness, are on sale.<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nAt Miyazawa Chestnut Farm, about 800 chestnut trees of 18 varieties are cultivated on a 2.6ha\u00a0farm.\u00a0 At the farm, some of the harvested chestnuts are steamed using a pressure cooker.\u00a0 This \u201croasted chestnut\u201d has been on sale since 2001, and has been gaining popularity as a taste of autumn every year.<\/p>\r\n

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The\u00a0characteristic of chestnuts at Miyazawa Chestnut Farm is that they are aged for about a month in an ice storage kept at 0\u2103 after harvesting. \u00a0This turns the starch into sucrose, which is said to increase the sugar content by nearly three times.<\/p>\r\n

\"Still0913_00003\u00a0Before\u00a0steaming, make a cut in the chestnuts so that they can be cooked evenly, and bake for about 20 minutes to make roasted chestnuts that easily peel.<\/p>\r\n

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According\u00a0to Mr. Miyazawa, the representative, the yield is insufficient this season…<\/p>\r\n

“The\u00a0size of chestnuts is smaller than usual due to a lack of sunshine in July, and high temperature damage in August. We are selling early-maturing chestnuts, but we expect that they will gradually recover for the middle to late-maturing varieties. Even though it\u2019s small in size, it\u2019s definitely sweet because it\u2019s aged in ice, \u201che said.<\/p>\r\n

Currently,\u00a0the one that is being baked at the store is the early chestnut \u201cTanzawa\u201d. \u00a0From mid-October, varieties such as \u201cKenshin Amaguri\u201d and from November, the glossy \u201cHitomaru\u201d, which is said to be the best for Montblanc (Chestnut cream cake), will be coming up.<\/p>\r\n

\"Still0913_00001Until\u00a0last year, the store was opened only on weekends, but this year the store will be opened on weekday mornings to avoid overcrowding and protect against the coronavirus.<\/p>\r\n

Miyazawa\u00a0chestnut farm will start selling raw chestnuts from around September 19th. \u00a0From October, the store plans to ship raw chestnuts and roasted chestnuts to JA\u2019s direct sales office \u201cArurunbatake\u201d in Joetsu City. \u00a0Roasted chestnuts at Miyazawa Chestnut Farm will be available until mid-November.

Miyazawa chestnut farm<\/h2>