5 marrons Recipes

kilo chestnuts, shell and membrane removed, kilo sugar, water (+-2-1/2 us cups), vanilla bean

cookies, all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface, coarse salt, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, egg, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, coarse salt, chestnut cream (creme de marron), glaze, semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

egg whites, sugar, salt, cold water, powdered chocolate , for dusting, whipping cream, flaked almonds, creme de marron (sweetened paste of chestnuts, available at specialty food shops), light rum, sponge cake

cleaned crawfish (red claw, marron, yabbies, including any big claws), crushed garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, oil, butter, lemon juice