Quince is one of my favourite spoon sweets and I made it three times this year. The first and second time I made it the same way as I had previously posted the recipe and my children loved it.
My son who was coming from Switzerland for the Christmas holidays told me that he wanted some to take with him so the third time I was making it, it coincided when I had bought a lot of chestnuts so I decided to combine them together.
I am submitting these yellow beauties to Sunshinemom, of Tongue Ticklers, who is hosting the event FIC Yellow.
Quince and Chestnut spoon sweet
Ingredients:
- 2 kilos peeled and cored quince (about 4 medium quinces)
- 2 kilos sugar
- 20 chestnuts
- 5 cups water
- lemon peel of 1 lemon
- fragrant geranium leaves or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- juice from 1 lemon
- 1 small cinnamon stick
Directions
Start with the chestnuts by boiling and peeling them. See how here.
Prepare a big bowl with water and a 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Cut the quinces, peel and remove core and put them immediately, in the water.
In a sauce pan add the 5 cups of water and start cutting the quince into thin slices of 1 cm thick and put them again in the water.
Bring them to boil and then simmer with lid on for 1/2 an hour until they are soft. When they have boiled drain keeping 1 cup of the boiled water. Put them back in the sauce pan together with the boiled water and the sugar and leave them rest for a few hours until the sugar melts.
A lot of water will come out from the fruit. Put them back on the heat, add a cinnamon stick and lemon peel and when they begin boiling, reduce heat to medium, add the peeled chestnuts and simmer until the syrup has thickened. Towards the end add the remaining lemon juice and the geranium leaves or vanilla.
Remove from heat and when it is completely cold then you can store the spoon sweet in clean sterilized jars. It does not need to be refrigerated but it can be stored for a long time in the syrup.
When the fruit has been eaten you can use the syrup in fruit salads or to wet sponge cakes.
If you liked this see other relevant posts:
Glyko Kerassi (Cherry Spoon Sweet)
Glyko Karpouzi (Water Melon)
Glyko Nerantzi (Bitter oranges)
Glyko Bergamonto (Bergamot)
Glyko Vyssino (Sour cherries)
Glyko Karydaki (green immature walnuts)
Glyko Kydoni me amygdala (Quince with almonds)
Glyko Milo (Apples)
also
About Spoon sweets
How can we tell if the syrup is ready?
How to fix spoon sweets
Tags: Chestnuts, Food events, fruit, How to.., Jams and preserves, Quince, Spoon Sweets, Vegetables
January 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
these are really some beauties. lovely! And Wonderful pictures!
Your son must love you so for being such a lovable mummy.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Ivy, let the quince recipes roll! If I can find some more here, I’ll continue to explore with them in the kitchen. Your glika koutaliou are always wonderful and I think you should try and sell some.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Thanks P.G.
Peter, unfortunately they don’t last long. I’m not sure if I’ll find any now. Sell them!! Okay I have a few jars left.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Delicious as always Ivy. Kidonia are a favourite and this is a fantastic way to enjoy them.
January 10th, 2009 at 12:11 am
“Yia sta heria stas”. I wonder if you could start a home business like Peter suggests and sell jams and spoon sweets. If you made this 3 times it must be excellent!!
January 10th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Oh, how delicious! A heavenly combination!
Cheers,
Rosa
January 10th, 2009 at 1:14 am
I love chestnuts but have never eaten a quince! Which is unfortunate for me because this looks really fantastic! I will have to keep an eye out for them, they are not real popular here.
January 10th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Sweet! chestnuts and quiche look so tasty together:)
January 10th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Lovely! n wonderful looking pics.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Awwwww….!! This is torture, Ivy! My mouth is watering, and I want to take in those flavors and some of those fruits - all I can do is drool. Blogs have introduced me to many fruits we do not find in our Country, and quince is one such, chestnut is another! Though I haven’t had it I am already missing the taste:) Thank you for sending this delectable concoction of quince and chestnuts to FIC.
February 21st, 2010 at 1:46 am
Hey, I was just blog hopping and I came across your blog. This is a great post, thanks for sharing! Jenna’s Blog
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:56 am
Cool Picsxx