By pickling some of your harvested or purchased quince sweet and sour, you create tasty supplies for the time after the season. We have a very delicious recipe for you, which you can of course change a little depending on your taste as far as the list of ingredients is concerned.

Quinces are best preserved in apple cider vinegar and refined with ginger

Delicious recipe for pickling quinces

You need:

  • fresh quinces
  • 600ml of water
  • 200 ml apple cider vinegar
  • 550 g sugar*
  • 1 package ground vanilla (5 g)
  • sea-salt
  • cinammon
  • ginger powder
  • Mason jars with lids
  • kitchen scale
  • medium sized jar
  • small vessel
  • cooking pot
  • spoon

* We advise you to use birch sugar instead of normal sugar - for the sake of your health.

How to pickle your quince correctly

  1. If necessary, rub the down of the quinces with a clean cloth.
  2. Wash the fruits thoroughly and dry them carefully.
  3. Quarter the quinces with a sharp kitchen knife and remove the pits.
  4. Then cut the fruit into rough cubes.
  5. Use the kitchen scale to weigh 1.5 kilograms of your prepared quinces.
  6. Mix enough water with a pinch of salt in a medium-sized bowl.
  7. Put the 1.5 kilograms of quinces in the container with the salt water. Make sure the fruit is covered with the water.
  8. Mix 50 grams of sugar with the ground vanilla in a small bowl.
  9. In a large saucepan, mix 600 milliliters of water with the apple cider vinegar, sugar and sugar-vanilla mix.
  10. Boil the liquid.
  11. Take the quinces out of the salt water and let them drain briefly.
  12. Then put the fruit in the saucepan.
  13. Season to taste with cinnamon and ginger.
  14. Cover and let the mixture simmer over low heat for ten minutes.
  15. Take the pot off the stove.
  16. Take out the quinces, drain them and catch the liquid.
  17. Place the fruit in clean mason jars.
  18. Let the broth boil down a bit.
  19. Then pour it over the quinces in the jars. Make sure the fruit is completely covered.
  20. Close the jars tightly and turn them upside down (lid) for five minutes.
  21. Store the sweet and sour pickled quinces in a dark place.

tips

In this way, the quinces can be kept and eaten for a few months.

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