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