Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chestnut pasta with mushrooms and herbs | A kitchen in Rome

Sweet chestnuts make a savoury flour that’s just perfect for this cracking, herby mushroom pastaAs anyone who has picked up a winking chestnut and rolled it around the palm of their hand knows, sweet chestnuts are heavy things – too heavy to be spread by animals or birds, meaning the chestnut landscape is largely man-made. Throughout history, chestnuts have been planted to provide food (especially in areas that are not suitable for grains), wood and fuel, or as a gift for future gene