The market · Nuts and seeds · Northern and Central Europe
Cobnuts
Kentish cobnuts: hazelnuts eaten fresh from the tree rather than dried — milky, sweet and crisp like coconut early on, nuttier as the husks brown.
milky · sweet · crunchy
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Knowing it
- Where to buy
- Farm shops and markets in the south-east of England, or by post from Kent growers.
- Worth knowing
- Eat the green ones raw, cracked at the table. Toast the later ones for a few minutes to sweeten them, then scatter them over a salad or a roast game bird.
