Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  3               cups  chestnuts -- shelled & peeled
  1                cup  sugar
  1 1/2           cups  water
  6                     egg yolks -- well beaten
  3               cups  half-and-half
     1/2      teaspoon  vanilla
     1/2         pound  candied fruit -- finely chopped

Preparation:

Boil and rice chestnuts. Cook sugar and water 5 minutes. Add chesnuts, bring to boil. Stir syrup and chestnuts gradually into egg yolks. Stir until cold, add half-and-half, vanilla, and candied fruit. Freeze in churn freezer or modern ice-cream maker.

Nutritional Information:

2327 Calories (kcal); 41g Total Fat; (15% calories from fat); 28g Protein; 467g Carbohydrate; 1276mg Cholesterol; 177mg Sodium