Recipe - Glazed Chestnut Balls

2 pound Chestnuts
One half cup Honey
One half cup Water
1 cup Sugar
3 dr Cream of tartar; more or
less

1. Prepare chestnut balls with honey as in steps 1 and 2 of "Sugared
Chestnut Balls" (see recipe).

2. Bring water to a boil; then stir in sugar and cream of tartar. Cook over
mediumlow heat, without further stirring, until the syrup begins to
darken.

3. Remove pan from heat and set at once in a larger pan, containing cold
water. Then dip chestnut balls, one at a time, in the syrup to coat
lightly. Let dry on waxed paper, and serve.

SOAK OVERNIGHT

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.