Candied Chestnut (Marron Glacé) Gift Box 850 g - Kafkas

This is kestane şekeri in its most refined form: whole chestnuts slowly candied and glazed into marron glacé, then arranged as a gift. Each chestnut is wrapped in rose-gold foil and seated in its own place inside a cream gift box, ready to hand to someone without any further dressing up. The 850 g box holds a generous spread of pieces.

Candied chestnut is one of the slowest confections to make. The chestnuts are cooked until tender, then steeped in sugar syrup over the course of several days, with the syrup reheated and the chestnuts rested again and again until they turn glossy and translucent. A final dip leaves the thin glaze that gives marron glacé its name. The result is a soft, almost spoonable interior and a clean chestnut sweetness rather than the snap of a nut.

Kafkas makes its candied chestnuts in Bursa, the Turkish city long associated with chestnuts, where the brand has carried the name since 1930. The fancy boxed version is meant for giving: a host gift, a Ramadan or Eid table, a New Year box, or a quiet treat with Turkish coffee or black tea, where the sweetness of the chestnut sits naturally against something bitter.

• Whole candied chestnuts (marron glacé / kestane şekeri), individually foil-wrapped
• Presentation gift box, net 850 g
• Soft, glazed texture from days of slow syrup candying
• By Kafkas of Bursa, Turkey
• Serve at room temperature with coffee or tea, or as a dessert on its own

Chestnuts are naturally lower in fat than most tree nuts and are mostly starch rather than oil; once candied they become a sweet confection, best enjoyed a piece or two at a time.