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Quince and apple compote

This compote is a tricky balancing act between the characteristic quince flavour and just enough apples to sweeten it.

You should end up with a compote that has a delicate quince flavour rounded out by the apples and brown sugar.

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

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For 800 g, you will need:

1 600 g quince
2 60 g water
3 500 g apple
4 4 tablespoons water
5 10 g Vanilla sugar
6 60 g brown sugar
Total weight: 1,290 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Thoroughly wash 600 g quinces.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Peel the quinces and cut into quarters. Remove the core and cut the remaining flesh into small pieces.

You will see just how difficult this is to do. Raw quinces are very hard to cut up and the pieces will oxydise and turn brown very rapidly.

From 600 g of whole quinces you should end up with about 350 g of prepared fruit. Make a note of the weight.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Put the quince pieces into a saucepan, add 60 g water, then cover and put on gentle heat to cook.

Stage 4

After 20 minutes or so, the pieces of quince will be soft and there should be very little liquid left.

Stage 5 - 10 min.

Peel 500 g apple and cut into small pieces.

Add the same weight of apple to the pan as quince (350 g in our example).

Stage 6

Put back on low heat and leave to cook...

Stage 7 - 7 min.

...until the apples are tender.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Finish by blending to give a smooth compote.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Leave to cool before transferring into jars.

Remarks

You can vary the proportion of quince to apple, starting from this initial half-and-half recipe, depending on which flavour you wish to bring out.

If you prefer a smooth compote, put the cooked fruit pieces through a vegetable mill on "fine" setting, just before stage 5, rather like for quince paste.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge in a sealed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
827 Kcal or 3,462 Kj	5 gr	200 gr	5 gr
41 %	2 %	19 %	1 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
64 Kcal or 268 Kj	< 1 gr	16 gr	< 1 gr
3 %	<1 %	1 %	<1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 800 g : 2.32 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Quince: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Quince jelly, Quince paste, Confit of quinces in Macvin, Quince compote, ... All
	Apple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tatin apple diplomat tart, Apple Tatin Terrine, Apple crisps, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Alsatian apple tart, ... All
	Brown sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate rice pudding, Little lemon biscuits, Crunchy blackcurrant and mascarpone cream verrine, Craquelin (sweet cracker dough), Caribbean upside-down cake, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Minestrone, Butter cream, Two-olive ciabatta, Chocolate eclairs, ... All

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