Nuts, Seeds & Pastes
Substitutes for Chestnut Cream 20% in gelato
Chestnut cream (crème de marrons / crema di marroni) is a sweetened chestnut spread: a smooth purée of cooked chestnuts and sugar, typically vanilla-scented. In gelato it works as a combined flavor-and-sugar paste, delivering deep marron flavor plus starch-driven body while contributing almost no fat. If you're out of chestnut cream 20% or need a different profile, these are the closest functional swaps — ranked by how similar they are on the balancing numbers, with the impact of each swap.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +10), +13% fat, +24% solids — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then softer (PAC +15), +26% fat, +33% solids — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then +37% fat, +38% solids — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then firmer (PAC -8), +32% fat, +39% solids — adjust to compensate.
Swap ~1:1, then +36% fat, +38% solids — adjust to compensate.
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