Nuts

Marrone di San Zeno

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Marrone di San Zeno is a Veronese and Monte Baldo area marrone tradition—mountain chestnuts selected for sweetness and size, served roasted or worked into local desserts. Alpine foothill climates and old grove knowledge shape the nut’s reputation. A good San Zeno marrone tastes sweet and peels into a proud whole kernel. A bad one is mixed harvest sold under the fame of the name. Use simply: roast, or candy, or fold into light cream desserts. Like other Italian marroni, it deserves recipes where the chestnut is the point, not a buried texture in sausage stuffing.