Quince Jam

[thesunflowergal]

Made Quince jam last night, and its fanstaic. Would highly reccomend to anyone. This is the recipe that I used
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/quince_jam/

Thanks for the Quince's Zoe

[Jerseymum]

Oooh, love quince jam...now I just need the quinces.
Sarah

[Millymollymandy]

Oooh I bet that's good, and an interesting recipe. Was it hard work grating them? We've made quince jelly a few times when we lived somewhere where a neighbour used to dump a ton on us every year (I wonder why? ) and I also made the most fabulous 'faux mango chutney' with them. But they are hard work to deal with!

[Carltonian Man]

My wife made some a few weeks back. It's gorgeous

[thesunflowergal]

MMM - I chopped the core out and put them in the food processor . Only slight problem with that is that its dyed the white plastic bits lol oh well.

I only had four fruit, thats why I went for jam instead of jelly. But that still still made four jars.

[Millymollymandy]

That's a jolly good return. I saw some in the supermarket last week - I could be tempted! I keep thinking about buying a quince tree but I'm not sure where to site it - my stream bank would be ideal apparently but then I have to think that in about 5-10 years it will be in total shade from a walnut tree, so not worth it. And do I really want to be inundated with quince galore as well as apples and pears and everything else? No probably better just to buy a few occasionally!

[chilitony]

my neighbour gave me a bag full, so will try out the quince jam and the rest will be quince wine

[Silver Ether]

if you make jelly then you can use the fruit to makes quince cheese/paste ... hard work shoveing it through the sieve but very good and its so exspensive to buy

[Thomzo]

Ok, you've tempted me. I'll have a go at the recipe and see how it turns out. If I don't like it, I can always give it away.

So why did I buy and plant a quince tree if I don't like them?

So that I can give them away to people who do like them

Zoe

[Millymollymandy]

Had you tried quince anything before you bought the tree Zoe?

[Thomzo]

Oh yes, I knew I wasn't that keen on them. But the trees look lovely and, if it fruits as well next year, I shall take the fruit to the farmers' market.

Zoe

[chilitony]

jarred my quince jam by 5.30 on sunday and helen said that would be nice with some fresh baked bread, so bread was ready by 9.0pm,
thats the beat tasting jam i've ever made.

[Millymollymandy]

Oooh naughty me I've just spent over €6 on quinces at €2.50 kg (cheap!) as I didn't know how many I needed for this recipe.

I've never made jam from BOUGHT fruit before!!! The skins are manky looking and discoloured though so I think I'll have to peel them which is a pain, but as I won't be able to do any pear jam I'm gonna do this instead - and the rest I will stew to mix in with apple in crumble. Yay!

[pelmetman]

I don't think I have ever tried a quince, do they taste like an apple or pear?

Can't say I've seen them in the shops round here either, I know that our farm shop has never stocked them.

Sue

[Millymollymandy]

They are highly perfumed (when cooked), I can't really describe it as it's years since I did anything with one or had any quince jelly. But I had a yoghurt with apple and quince in recently and kept getting this hint of something exquisite tasting and that made me think about getting some quinces (before I saw this thread).