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Confit of quinces in Macvin

Name: Confit of quinces in Macvin
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 quinces; 30 g clarified butter; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 400 ml Jura Macvin; 350 ml real custard sauce (crème anglaise)

In this simple recipe, the sliced quinces are gently stewed in Jura Macvin until melting and caramelized.

Served with real custard, this gives a delightful contrast of flavour and colour.

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Duration

1 hour 20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 2^nd 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 quinces
2 30 g clarified butter
3 2 tablespoons caster sugar
4 400 ml Jura Macvin
5 350 ml real custard sauce (crème anglaise)
Total weight: 1,810 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

10 min.

Cooking

1 hour 10 min.

All in all

1 hour 20 min.

Preparation 10 min.

Cooking 1 hour 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 8 min.

Peel 4 quinces, cut into quarters and remove the core. Cut each piece in half again lengthways.

Each quince will give you 8 slices.

Stage 2

If you are not going to cook them right away, keep the quince slices in a bowl of water with a little lemon juice added or, better still, vitamin C, to stop them turning brown.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.

Melt 30 g clarified butter in a frying pan on high heat. When really hot, add 2 tablespoons caster sugar.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Leave the sugar to caramelize slightly, then add the quince slices.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 6 min.

Brown on both sides.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Then add 400 ml Jura Macvin and turn the heat down to its lowest.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 hour

Leave to stew gently for 40 minutes to 1 hour, adding a little more Macvin from time to time if the fruit starts to dry out.

You will see that they take on a lovely reddish colour.

Stage 8

Once the quinces are completely soft, there should only be a very little reduced Macvin left in the bottom of the pan.

Transfer the quinces to individual dessert plates or dishes and pour a generous amount of custard over.

Serve immediately.

Remarks

You can use another fortified or dessert wine, such as Banyuls, instead of the Macvin.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	20 g RDI=8 %	9 g RDI=13 %	183 kcal RDI=9 %	768 kJ RDI=9 %
Per person	20 g RDI=32 %	93 g RDI=35 %	41 g RDI=57 %	827 kcal RDI=41 %	3,466 kJ RDI=41 %
Whole recipe	82 g RDI=127 %	372 g RDI=141 %	166 g RDI=227 %	3,311 kcal RDI=166 %	13,863 kJ RDI=166 %