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Monday, September 15, 2008

Quince Preserves

The membrillo just didn't behave. All I can imagine is that there wasn't enough pectin in the fruit - perhaps it wasn't ripe enough. The quince paste has caramelized to a deep dark brown, it tastes great but it's not membrillo. It has the rich, dark, sweet texture of my favorite apple butter from cider mills in Ohio and Michigan -- most apple butter I find these days is just slightly thicker than apple sauce.

Tonight, I heated up a batch and put it into 4 oz jars, and labelled it:

Quince Butter

YIELD:
10 4 oz jars

I'm going heat up the rest of the quince paste and add pectin to see if that helps it out. I still have about 8 cups of quince pulp in the refrigerator and I'm going to add a shitload of pectin to it to make it set very hard. I will have membrillo, dammit!

2 comments:

  1. Lindsay (Happy Herbivore)Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 1:46:00 PM PDT

    I added you :)

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  2. RickiWednesday, September 17, 2008 at 4:43:00 PM PDT

    I've never tasted quince, believe it or not, but would love to try it out!

    Re: your comment on my blog--I wrote a bit of a ramble about SNL in the comments (should have thought to write it here!). Anyway, check it out :)

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