Chestnut Stuffing

3 cups French chestnuts

½ cup butter

1 teaspoon salt

⅛ teaspoon pepper

¼ cup cream

1 cup cracker crumbs

Shell and blanch chestnuts. Cook in boiling salted water until soft. Drain and mash, using a potato ricer. Add one-half the butter, salt, pepper, and cream. Melt remaining butter, mix with cracker crumbs, then combine mixtures.