Calling all bakers!!

Skrib69
Skrib69 Posts: 687 Member
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OK, a challenge for all you home bakers out there. I have 2 quince bushes laden with fruit. Every year I say to myself that I must do something with the fruit rather than letting it rot on the ground. But what can you do with quince??? I guess I have a couple of lbs to use.

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  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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  • TheNavet
    TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
    It isn't really baking, but quince jam is absolutely fantastic :drinker:
  • Michelle_Padgett13
    Michelle_Padgett13 Posts: 417 Member
    I've never worked with quince before, but when I get extra fruit, I make jam. I don't have a recipe or anything, I just look it up each time online. Allrecipes.com or cooks.com, something like that. Or, if you're more of a visual learner, try YouTube. :)
  • Love4fitnesslove4food2
    Love4fitnesslove4food2 Posts: 711 Member
    I have no idea what quince is but if you can make a jam out of it I assume you might be able to make a pie out of it too.
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    Quince and Blueberry Crumble Cake

    185g butter, softened
    165g caster sugar
    2 eggs
    335g self-raising flour, sifted
    180ml milk
    300g fresh or frozen blueberries
    2 teaspoons cornflour

    Poached Quinces
    750ml water
    165g caster sugar
    1 cinnamon stick
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    1kg quinces, peeled, cored and each cut into 8 wedges (keep the pieces in lemon water to stop them from going brown)

    Cinnamon Crumble
    110g plain flour
    2 tablespoons caster sugar
    110g brown sugar
    100g butter, diced
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

    To poach the quinces:

    Mix the water, sugar, cinnamon stick and lemon juice in a saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Add the quince and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered for 1 hour 30 minutes or until the quince is tender and rosy in colour. Cool to room temperature in the syrup before straining out the quince. Store both the quince and the syrup in separate containers.


    Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Line a deep 23cm square cake pan with baking paper.

    Beat the butter and sugar in the bowl with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between additions until just combined. Carefully, stir in the flour and milk in two batches.

    Spread the mixture over into the pan, smoothing the top before baking for 25 minutes.

    While cake is cooking make the crumble.

    In a food processor, add all the crumble ingredients and pulse until combined.

    When the cake is cooked remove from the oven. If using frozen blueberries toss them through the cornflour. Top the cake with drained quince then scatter over the blueberries before finally covering it with the cinnamon crumble mixture.

    Put this bake in the oven and bake for another 20 minutes. Stand the cake 5 minutes before turning out, top-side up onto a wire rack. You should be able to pull the cake out with the baking papers.



    Serve the cake warm or cold with the reserved quince syrup.

    Credit:
    From Simplyrecipes
  • lessac
    lessac Posts: 105 Member
    I agree with the quince jam above but making it with grated quince is even better.

    Also braised quince dessert is an all time favourite of my mothers: Peel the quince, cut it in half, remove the seeds slightly carving it. People usually cook it with much more sugar but my mother uses a tablespoon granulated sugar per half (at most, depending on quince size), putting the sugar right into the carved space. Add some water to your pot so that the quince doesn't burn (one cup to two cups depending on your pot size). Cook on high heat until the water start boiling and then turn the heat low and close the lid. As the quince cooks, its colour will change to a darker shade. If you like cloves and cinnamon you may also add some which leads to a darker colour.

    If you want to bake it, you can use wrap them in foil instead and skip adding the water. It can be eaten warm or cold, with or without cream/cottage cheese etc.
  • Skrib69
    Skrib69 Posts: 687 Member
    Thanks everyone for your ideas!!! Now i just need to harvest the fruit!!

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