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Quince compote

Quinces make an excellent compote, full of their delightful perfume and flavour. However, preparing the fruit is hard work, so here's a recipe to show you how to manage this.

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Last modified on: November 11^th 2020

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For 1 kg 800 g, you will need:

1 2 litres quince
2 160 ml caster sugar
3 2 lemons
4 8 tablespoons water

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

Choose good quinces.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Peel the fruit, then cut into quarters and remove the hard core.

You will notice that the fresher the quinces, the harder they are to peel, and harder still to cut out the core. But I assure you, quince compote is worth the effort!

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Slice the quince quarters (a mandolin is ideal for this) and put in a large pan.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Add 8 tablespoons water, the juice of 2 lemons and 160 ml caster sugar.

Stage 5 - 25 min.

Put on low heat, cover and leave to stew gently (stir once or twice during cooking).

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Once the quince slices are soft, blend to give a smoother texture.

Taste to check if the compote is sweet enough.

Stage 7

Your quince compote is ready.

Remarks

You can also add the lemon zest in with the juice, as its flavour goes really well with quinces.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge in a sealed jar.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,824 Kcal or 7,637 Kj	13 gr	423 gr	10 gr
91 %	5 %	40 %	2 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
72 Kcal or 301 Kj	< 1 gr	17 gr	< 1 gr
4 %	<1 %	2 %	<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 1 kg 800 g : 4.73 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Quince: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Confit of quinces in Macvin, Quince jelly, Quince and apple compote, Quince paste, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple confectioner's custard, Lemon tart, Quince jelly, Pear charlotte, Chouquettes, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pizza dough, Vegetable stock, Pistachio powder or paste, Couscous, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, ... All
	Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vol-au-vent, Pear tart with almond cream, Winter cauliflower tabbouleh, Santiago Cake, Rice à la grecque, ... All

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