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Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 10 9:46 pm Post subject: Quinces
We have a quince tree in the garden that did nothing last year and had gone all spindly so I hacked it back a bit and this year it is fruiting pretty well. What do we do with them though? I have heard of quince jelly but that is about it. Also how do you know when they are ripe, at the moment they are hard as rock and green Pete

gil
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 10 10:20 pm Post subject:
Quinces start to go a bit yellow when ripe, but not ever soft. Get the seeds and hard white bit out, then : Quince wine is lovely. 3lb fruit/gallon. I like sweet with savoury, so quinces stewed, perhaps with some apple, goes well with pork. I reckon quince vodka or gin would be good. Use in apple crumbles to add fragrance and depth of flavour.

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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Posted: Tue Jul 13, 10 10:21 pm Post subject:

gil wrote:

Quinces start to go a bit yellow when ripe, but not ever soft.

Get the seeds and hard white bit out, then :

Quince wine is lovely. 3lb fruit/gallon.

I like sweet with savoury, so quinces stewed, perhaps with some apple, goes well with pork.

I reckon quince vodka or gin would be good.

Use in apple crumbles to add fragrance and depth of flavour.

i'm sold

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 10 10:26 pm Post subject:
Thanks Gill, more versatile than I realised. I'll see what the boss wants to do with them and have a go at some wine if we have enough. Hard to tell as it's being over run by a rambling rose that has also decided this is the year for growth. Going to be a massive pruning session come autumn I think. pete

OP

Joined: 28 Jul 2006
Posts: 4661
Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 7:18 am Post subject:
I agree with Gil that adding a bit of quince to apple crumble or anything with stewed apple or apple puree really lifts it.

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 7:22 am Post subject:
We did a quince fool for a banquet one year, really went down well. Very perfumey, but that fitted the occasion well.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 9:52 am Post subject:
A dish of ripe quinces scents a room marvelously. Now, where are you going to get a nice dish from?

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 9:55 am Post subject:
Make jelly before you do anything else though. Quince jelly is officially The Best Jelly In The World.

ksia

Joined: 17 May 2006
Posts: 2320
Location: Mayenne, France

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 12:09 pm Post subject:
With apple - seconded. I'd go for jam rather than jelly though. More quincey!

Bodrighy

Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: Near Devizes

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 1:15 pm Post subject:
More to these quinces than I realised. Let's hope we get a good crop, looks OK at the moment. Don't know if the wildlife likes them but they seem to be leaving them alone at the moment pete

gil
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Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 1:48 pm Post subject:

Bodrighy wrote:

Don't know if the wildlife likes them but they seem to be leaving them alone at the moment

pete

That's because the fruit is really hard, even when ripe. Very little pest damage to quinces, funnily enough....
I use my biggest, non-serrated knife to cut them into quarters, and have to push down from above, using both hands [one at each end of the knife].

Well worth it though !

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 9:04 pm Post subject:
I've got 2 baby quince trees growing in pots - I wonder how long I will have to wait for some fruit?

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 10 11:25 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Make jelly before you do anything else though. Quince jelly is officially The Best Jelly In The World.

You are so right---and the 2 trees I planted have fruit on this year.

Bulgarianlily

Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Posts: 1667
Location: South West Mountains of Bulgaria

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 10 4:13 am Post subject:
Quince chutney has to be one of the best ever! We get given sacks of them here.

Res

Joined: 07 Apr 2005
Posts: 1172
Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 10 6:52 pm Post subject:

Bulgarianlily wrote:

We get given sacks of them here.

I dont get any! I must get a tree this year....to go in my forest garden lol

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