Quince

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fabulousoyster
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Quince - Tue, 08/25/09 1:31 PM
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An very old fashioned fruit, hard to find now but easier to find in the fall, but still hard to find. I found some in a latin supermarket yesterday.
The smell is so gorgeous, a romantic exotic sultry perfume......  
The only recipes I know is to use it is poached in a cinnamon syrup and in cranberry sauce.
How do you use quince? 

mbrookes
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Re:Quince - Tue, 08/25/09 1:45 PM
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It makes marvelous jelly. Like all jellymaking, it is a lot of trouble, but well worth it. Good quince jelly is tart-sweet, not real sweet.

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Re:Quince - Tue, 08/25/09 2:32 PM
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I've seen it used in Moroccan cooking, some Mexican cooking, qunice paste as a sweet in Italian candies and cakes, and even in pancakes.  Poached in white wine with tarragon, it's a treat.

rumaki
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Re:Quince - Tue, 08/25/09 2:32 PM
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I think quince turns such a beautiful red color when it is baked.
 
Like you, I've baked it as a dessert.
 
I had a great quince and lamb dish in Turkey a few years ago, though.  I've never made it myself, but this recipe seems to approximate it:
 
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2008/01/quince-tava.php
 
 

SeamusD
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Re:Quince - Tue, 08/25/09 3:20 PM
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I've only had it sliced with cheese... it was a long time ago, but I can remember liking it quite a bit.