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Chestnut snails

Chestnut snails

Chestnut snails heavenly flavored with cinnamon and date flour. Quick and easy to roll up as an alternative to nut buns.
Prep Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Servings: 3 person
Course: small pastries

Ingredients
  

  • 350 g whole spelt flour
  • 1 - 2 apples, approx. 150 g in total
  • 220 ml soy drink
  • 7 g dry yeast
  • juice of one lemon
  • 200 g cooked chestnuts
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 100 g date flour

Method
 

  1. Wash, peel and core the apples. Cut a little smaller.
  2. Then mix together with the lukewarm soy drink in a blender.
  3. Mix the wholemeal spelt flour with the dry yeast.
  4. Stir in the lemon juice and apple soy liquid and then knead well.
  5. Cover the yeast dough and leave to rise in a warm place for approx. 1 - 2 hours until it has risen nicely and loosely.
  6. Chop the cooked chestnuts. Mix the cinnamon and date flour.
  7. Gently knead the mixture into the risen dough.
  8. Then take small portions of the dough, roll them on a floured surface into long strands, approx. 20 - 25 cm long, and twist them into a scroll.
  9. Place the snails on a baking tray lined with baking paper and leave to rise again for approx. 15 - 20 minutes.
  10. Then brush with lukewarm soy drink and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius top/bottom heat for 20 minutes.
  11. After baking, brush again with soy drink.