{"id":294,"date":"2010-12-19T19:43:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2010-12-19T19:43:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T19:43:54","slug":"chestnut-hash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/chestnut-hash\/","title":{"rendered":"Chestnut Hash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nNot exactly sure if this qualifies as a &#8216;hash&#8217;, but it&#8217;s close enough. Very nice with wholegrain rice, since the nuttiness complements the chestnuts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nServes two.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ingredients (Core)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>15 (sweet) chestnuts<\/li>\n<li>2 small(ish) carrots, grated<\/li>\n<li>&#189; can green lentils<\/li>\n<li>A small handful of sprouts, sliced<\/li>\n<li>&#189; a normal-sized onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>A vegetable stock cube<\/li>\n<li><b>Ingredients (Recommended)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>One or two cloves of garlic<\/li>\n<li><b>Ingredients (Optional)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>A few spring onions or a bit of leek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nRoast the chestnuts: cut a slit in each, then pop them on a tray in a pre-heated oven, 180C should be fine. They&#8217;ll be done in 15-25 minutes; or according to the instructions on the packet. Let them cool a bit before shelling them, then slice into a few pieces. I reckon the vacuum-packed ones would work pretty well, but half the fun of this is making the kitchen smell lovely, and sneaking a couple of chestnuts hot from the oven&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFry up the onion in some oil, over a low heat. After a few minutes add the garlic, and spring onions or leek; shortly followed by the sliced chestnuts and sliced sprouts (fairly thin slices, each sprout should make about 4-6 slivers, depending on size). Fry up for a couple of minutes, then add the grated carrot, and crumble in the stock cube. Add a bit of grated pepper; don&#8217;t bother with any salt, there&#8217;s enough of that in the stock cube.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGive it all a good stir, then add the green lentils, plus some of the water from the can (or from the tap, if they&#8217;re already drained). You don&#8217;t want the mixture to end up sloppy, you just need enough liquid for it to simmer up together, and to prevent it all drying out. Pop it on a low heat for 5 minutes, and you&#8217;re done. Serve with wholegrain rice, and maybe a bit of cabbage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not exactly sure if this qualifies as a &#8216;hash&#8217;, but it&#8217;s close enough. Very nice with wholegrain rice, since the nuttiness complements the chestnuts. Serves two. Ingredients (Core) 15 (sweet) chestnuts 2 small(ish) carrots, grated &#189; can green lentils A small handful of sprouts, sliced &#189; a normal-sized onion, diced A vegetable stock cube Ingredients [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}