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Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• lemon
• vodka
• sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Rub quince with a kitchen towel really well until skin is smooth. Cut unpeeled quince into small cubes.
2. 2 Peel lemon zest into spirals with a thin peeler. Squeeze lemons and measure 3/4 cup lemon juice.
3. 3 Combine quince, lemon zest, lemon juice, vodka, and sugar in a large jar with a tight-fitting lid. All ingredients need to be completely covered with liquid. Keep in a warm place or on a sunny window sill for 4 weeks, shaking occasionally.
4. 4 Line a sieve with a damp cheesecloth and strain liquid. Use a wooden spoon to press as much liquid out of quince pieces as possible. Pour strained quince liqueur into sterilized bottles and seal. For best results, allow to mature for 6 weeks in a cool place.

By Elke_04315

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• lemon
• water
• white sugar
• cinnamon stick

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Wash quinces under running water with a soft sponge or fruit brush to remove the fuzzy outer layer.
3. 3 Zest lemon; set zest aside. Squeeze lemon juice into a saucepan.
4. 4 Add water to lemon juice in the saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add quinces and bring to a boil. Stir in sugar and cinnamon stick. Reduce the heat and simmer until quinces are soft, about 45 minutes.
5. 5 Remove from the heat. Discard cinnamon stick and stir in lemon zest.
6. 6 Pass hot mixture through a sieve into a bowl to create a semi-smooth consistency.
7. 7 Allow to cool and thicken for 30 to 45 minutes, then pour into sealable jars.

By Buckwheat Queen

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• water
• lemon
• apple
• sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Inspect two 16-ounce jars for cracks and rings for rust, discarding any defective ones. Immerse in simmering water until applesauce is ready. Wash new, unused lids and rings in warm soapy water.
2. 2 Combine water, quinces, and lemon juice in a pot over medium heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Add apples and sugar; simmer until quinces and apples are very soft, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. 3 Strain apple-quince mixture through a fine-mesh sieve. Return apple-quince solids to the same pot; heat until hot, stirring constantly.
4. 4 Pack quince-apple sauce into hot, sterilized jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a clean knife or thin spatula around the insides of the jars to remove any air bubbles. Wipe rims with a moist paper towel to remove any spills. Top with lids and screw rings on tightly.
5. 5 Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars 2 inches apart into the boiling water using a holder. Pour in more boiling water to cover jars by at least 1 inch. Bring to a rolling boil, cover, and process for 5 minutes.
6. 6 Remove the jars from the stockpot and let rest, several inches apart, for 12 to 24 hours. Press the center of each lid with a finger to ensure the lid does not move up or down. Remove the rings for storage and store in a cool, dark area.

By Marianne

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• sugar
• liquid pectin
• water
• lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1 Sterilize eight ½-pint jars in boiling water for at least 5 minutes, and have new lids ready.
2. 2 Place quinces in a large pot, and pour in water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Strain off 4 cups of juice. Mix juice with sugar and lemon juice in a heavy pot, and bring to a boil over high heat, constantly stirring. Stir in pectin, and return to a boil. Boil for 1 full minute, constantly stirring. Remove from heat and skim off foam. Ladle into hot sterile jars, and process for 10 minutes in a hot water bath to seal.
3. 3 Store sealed jars in a cool dark place. Refrigerate jelly after opening.

By FAYEBABES

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• apple cider
• sugar
• lemon
• orange flower water
• orange zest
• heavy cream
• vanilla sugar
• creme fraiche

Instructions

1. 1 Combine quinces, hard cider, and white sugar in a pressure cooker. Close cooker securely and place pressure regulator over vent according to manufacturer's instructions. Heat until steam escapes in a steady flow and makes a whistling sound, about 10 minutes. Adjust temperature until regulator is gently rocking; cook until quinces are soft, 15 to 20 minutes. Let pressure release naturally according to manufacturer's instructions, 5 to 10 minutes. Unlock lid and remove.
2. 2 Transfer cooked quinces and liquid to a serving bowl; stir in lemon juice, orange flower water, and orange zest.
3. 3 Beat heavy cream in a separate chilled glass or metal bowl using an electric mixer until frothy; gradually add vanilla sugar, continuing to beat until soft peaks form. Fold in crème fraîche. Top quince compote servings with whipped cream-crème fraîche.

By Annette

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• water
• honey
• salt
• pastry
• white sugar
• all-purpose flour
• cinnamon
• salt
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Place a sheet pan on the lowest rack of the oven. Preheat an oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
2. 2 Combine quince, water, honey, and a pinch of salt in a saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer until the fruit is tender, stirring carefully once or twice, about 8 minutes.
3. 3 Pour quince mixture into a strainer, reserving cooking liquid. Cool.
4. 4 Roll out the pastry and line a 9-inch pie plate: chill in the refrigerator.
5. 5 Combine white sugar, flour, cinnamon, and ½ teaspoon salt in a small bowl until well combined. Add sugar mixture and butter to reserved quince cooking liquid: bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens, about 1 to 2 minutes. Cool.
6. 6 Pour cooled quince into the prepared pastry-lined pan and cover with quince liquid mixture. Add top crust: press edges together to seal. Cut vents or prick crust with a fork to allow steam to escape.
7. 7 Put the pie on the preheated sheet pan: reduce oven temperature to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Bake until the edges of crust are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and bake until the juices are bubbling and the crust is brown, about 45 minutes more. Cool on a wire rack, about 2 hours before serving.

By Doughgirl8

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• lemon
• cinnamon stick
• white sugar
• cinnamon
• all-purpose flour
• rolled oat
• brown sugar
• butter
• nutmeg
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Wash lemons under cold water and dry well. Thinly peel 2 lemons and juice them. Fill a pot with cold water; add lemon juice and peels.
2. 2 Peel quinces and remove core. Cut into small pieces and immediately drop into the pot with lemon water, so they don't turn brown. Add cinnamon stick and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook until quinces are easily pierced with a knife, 30 to 40 minutes. Drain and discard peels and cinnamon stick.
3. 3 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
4. 4 Place cooked quinces, white sugar, and ground cinnamon into a large bowl. Zest and juice remaining lemon; add to quince mixture and mix until well combined. Spread mixture evenly into a baking dish.
5. 5 Make topping: Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, butter, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl. Rub between your fingers to create a streusel topping. Sprinkle streusel evenly over fruit.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until crumble is lightly browned, about 1 hour.

By nch

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• sugar
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Wash, peel, and core quinces, reserving cores and peels. Coarsely chop flesh and transfer fruit to a large pan. Wrap cores and peels in cheesecloth, tie the bag with kitchen string and add it to the pan. (The peels contain most of fruit's pectin, which contributes to the firmness of quince paste.)
2. 2 Pour in enough water to cover quinces and boil, with the pan partly covered, until fruit is soft, about 30 to 40 minutes. Remove the bag of peels and pass quince flesh through a sieve or food mill. (For best results, don't use a food processor as it will result in too fine a texture.) You should have about 2 ½ pounds of fruit pulp.
3. 3 Transfer quince pulp to a saucepan and add sugar. Ideally, you should add the same amount of sugar, by weight, as fruit pulp. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Continue cooking, frequently stirring with a wooden spoon, until paste becomes very thick and has a deep orange color, about 1 ½ hours. Draw the wooden spoon along the bottom of the saucepan: it should leave a trail, and quince mixture will stick to the spoon.
4. 4 Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish or line it with greased parchment paper. Transfer quince paste to the baking dish, spreading it about 1 ½ inches thick. Smooth the top and allow it to cool.
5. 5 Dry paste for about 1 ½ hours on your lowest oven setting, no more than 125 degrees F (52 degrees C). Allow quince paste to cool completely before slicing. In Europe, the traditional method of drying quince paste is to leave it in a cupboard for about 7 days. The remaining juices will continue to evaporate and render a drier paste.
6. 6 Store quince paste in an airtight container in the refrigerator; the color will deepen with age.

By none

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• lemon
• water
• cane sugar
• agave syrup
• cinnamon stick
• black cardamom

Instructions

1. 1 Rinse quinces under running water to remove the fuzzy layer. Squeeze the lemon into a large bowl and fill halfway with water.
2. 2 Cut quinces into quarters. Peel, core, and dice one quarter at a time, and transfer fruit to the lemon water to prevent browning.
3. 3 Combine 3 cups of fresh water, cane sugar, agave syrup, cinnamon stick, and cardamom pod in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add drained quinces and reduce heat to medium-high. Cook at a low boil for 20 minutes.
4. 4 Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover the saucepan with a lid, placing a wooden spoon underneath to keep it slightly ajar and allow some steam to escape without it drying out. Simmer like this for about 25 minutes. The compote is ready when the fruit has turned a red blush color, it is tender to a fork, and the syrup has reduced by three-fourths. The objective is to have softened fruit with a thickened syrup at the end. The syrup will thicken more upon cooling.

By Buckwheat Queen

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• water
• sugar
• vanilla bean
• cinnamon stick
• lemon

Instructions

1. 1 Combine water, sugar, vanilla bean, and cinnamon stick in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar has dissolved. Boil for 1 minute, then remove sugar syrup from heat.
2. 2 Fill a large bowl with water and stir in lemon juice. Peel, halve, and core quinces. Depending on their size, cut each into quarters or 8 pieces and immediately submerge in lemon water to prevent browning.
3. 3 Add quinces to saucepan with sugar syrup and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat and simmer until quinces are soft and have turned lightly pink, about 50 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.

By Lola

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• water
• agave nectar
• white sugar
• orange juice
• cinnamon stick
• cranberry
• orange zest

Instructions

1. 1 Combine water, agave nectar, white sugar, and orange juice in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
2. 2 Meanwhile, wash and peel the quince fruits and cut out any dark spots. Add whole quinces to the boiling liquid and reduce heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Turn quince over 180 degrees and simmer an additional 10 minutes. Add cranberries and simmer until quince are tender to a knife, 10 minutes.
3. 3 Serve quince cored or whole with the cranberries and syrup ladled over them. Top with orange zest.

By Buckwheat Queen

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• water
• white sugar
• lemon
• vanilla bean
• puff pastry
• plain greek yogurt
• apple jelly

Instructions

1. 1 Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Once sugar has dissolved, add lemon slices and vanilla bean. Add quinces, cover, and simmer until soft, but still holding together, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. Remove and discard vanilla bean and lemon; drain quince slices and refrigerate.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
3. 3 Unroll puff pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut into 8 squares.
4. 4 Stir Greek yogurt until creamy and place 1/2 tablespoon in the middle of each puff pastry square. Place 5 to 6 drained quince slices on top, overlapping slightly, leaving a little room around the edges. Press dough edges up to contain filling. Place squares on the prepared baking sheet.
5. 5 Warm apple jelly in the microwave for 30 seconds and brush quince slices with jelly.
6. 6 Bake in the preheated oven until puff pastry has risen and is golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

By nch

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• clove
• water
• port wine
• cinnamon stick
• white sugar
• heavy cream

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Press 3 cloves into each quince half; place quince, cut-sides down, into a roasting pan. Add water, wine, and cinnamon sticks to the pan; sprinkle sugar over fruit.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Flip quince halves; continue baking until tender, about 10 minutes more. Cool quince slightly, about 10 minutes.
4. 4 Serve each quince half with 1 tablespoon juice from the roasting pan; dollop halves with whipped cream.

By constantina

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• white sugar
• clove
• allspice
• cinnamon
• salt
• water
• orange
• orange juice
• white wine vinegar
• cranberry

Instructions

1. 1 Stir the sugar, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and salt together in a large saucepan. Stir in the water, then bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add the quince, and reduce heat to low. Cook and stir until the quince have turned rose colored, 4 to 5 minutes.
2. 2 Stir in the orange zest, orange juice, vinegar, and cranberries. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until the cranberries have burst and the chutney has thickened, about 20 minutes. Cool completely before serving.

By waterlily

Ingredients

• ✓ quince
• butter
• all-purpose flour
• sugar
• salt
• dark beer
• vanilla extract
• lemon zest
• coconut oil
• demerara sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Heat the clarified butter in a skillet over low heat, and place the quince wedges into the pan. Cover, then gently cook the quince wedges until softened, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
2. 2 Mix the flour, white sugar, and salt in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the beer with the vanilla extract and lemon zest; gradually mix the flour mixture into the beer mixture until it becomes a smooth batter.
3. 3 Melt the coconut oil in a skillet over medium heat. When the oil is hot, dip the quince wedges into the batter and place them in the hot oil; fry in batches until golden brown. Remove fried quinces to a warm platter while you finish frying. Sprinkle the fried quinces with demerara sugar to serve.

By THELASTBARON