They taste nutty, sweet, and just a tad chesty, too. Our English ones are seldom seen in shoppes, the ones I find are usually on the small side, not like the big beauties in the market and shoppes from Spain, but they are spendy indeed, and I like to feed free on foraged food. I have refined my recipe, it shall include some ceps, rehydrated, for the classic chestnut and mushroom combi. I am about to start prepping the veg, shallot, celery, garlic, light the fire, and get the pot on.