If your quince harvest is particularly plentiful, you don't need to eat the yellow fruits in a short time. Just freeze them. You can find out how to proceed and what needs to be considered in our guide with practical instructions.

Quinces are blanched for freezing

Freezing quinces - step-by-step instructions

In order to make quinces fit for the freezer, you have to prepare them a little. Our guide takes you step by step to your destination. Although the effort is relatively high; On the other hand, the fruits can be kept for a very long time - namely about a whole year.

  1. Peel the quinces. For this purpose, use a solid vegetable peeler or a sturdy paring knife. Alternatively, you can use a coarse cloth to rub the peel. However, this variant is quite difficult.
  2. In the second and at the same time most difficult step, core the fruit. Quinces are very hard and fight back with all their might to release their pits. In order to make the work as easy as possible, you should first quarter the fruit with a sharp knife and then use the same tool to carefully cut out the core from the base of the stem. The process is similar to what you use when slicing an apple.
  3. Now cut off the blossom end of all quinces.
  4. Next you should blanch your quinces. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Then add the fruit and turn the heat down so that the water is just simmering. Let the quinces steep for about three minutes.
  5. Remove the fruit from the hot water and rinse in a colander with cold water.
  6. Dry the peeled, stoned and blanched quinces carefully. A simple kitchen towel is sufficient for this. But make sure that the fruits are really completely dry. They have no place in the freezer when they are wet or damp - they would only go bad and thus become inedible.
  7. Put the prepared quinces in freezer bags or in tins (boxes) suitable for your freezer. There are two points to consider here: Firstly, you should not overfill the containers, but portion them out; every fruit needs a little leeway to literally unfold. On the other hand, it is important that you pull the excess air out of the freezer bags - either with your mouth or (easier) with a vacuum sealer.
  8. Label the freezer bags or cans with the date. This way you always have control over durability. Unfortunately, even in the freezer, the fruit does not last forever.
  9. Now put the containers in the freezer.

tips

The advantage of portioning the fruit is that you only have to get one or two containers out of the freezer at a time and can leave the others untouched. So you are very flexible when it comes to eating the quince.

Defrosting quinces - this is how it works

Take your quinces out of the freezer and place them at room temperature in a sufficiently large (and tall) bowl.

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