Fruit

Quince and Pear Tart

October 28th 2006, 06:10pm

A colleague gave me some quinces and the last of my pears were going very soft, so I boiled them down and made a quince and pear tart.

Pear and Quince Tart

I’ve added the recipe to the wiki but I can’t get images to work within the wiki, so here’s another pic: served with creme fraiche.

P&Q Tart with Creme Fraiche

  • archel

    That looks delicious! Although I must admit to being a total stranger to the quince.

  • http://www.littlestorping.co.uk Simon

    Aha, they look like apples but are very hard and quite sharp (when raw). They are also exremely aromatic. The whole room you store them in will smell a kind of sweet pear smell.

    When cooked they have a more delicate flavour than apples but stay firmer, and are less sweet, than pears.

    Wikipedia says the pips are poisonous. Did not know that. Lucky I didn’t eat any of them (though no idea why I woud). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince

  • http://www.littlestorping.co.uk Simon

    Aha, they look like apples but are very hard and quite sharp (when raw). They are also exremely aromatic. The whole room you store them in will smell a kind of sweet pear smell.

    When cooked they have a more delicate flavour than apples but stay firmer, and are less sweet, than pears.

    Wikipedia says the pips are poisonous. Did not know that. Lucky I didn’t eat any of them (though no idea why I woud). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince

  • tar baby

    Mmmm, quince tart looks terribly tasty.
    I have a jar of the outlaws’ quince marmalade which I’ve not tried yet. Saving it for a special occasion/ rainy day.

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