Poached quince recipe
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
Ingredients
- 2 ¼kg Quinces
- 600ml White wine vinegar
- 450g Muscovado sugar
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- A finger of chopped ginger
- A few thin strips of lemon peel
- 1tbsp Black peppercorns
- 2tsp Cloves
Method
- STEP 1
Peel, quarter and core the quinces, then put them into a saucepan with all the other ingredients and simmer for about 20 minutes. Leave overnight to macerate.
- STEP 2
The next day sterilise your jars and divide just the fruit and the spices into them.
- STEP 3
Set the liquor to boil and reduce until it has thickened, being careful not to let it burn. Pour it over the quinces and seal.
- STEP 4
You can eat this within a month or so, but keep one jar in the back of the cupboard for the following year, as it improves with keeping.
