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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Ingredients:
quince, butter & almond flour |
Directions:
1. For the quince:
2. quince, chopped into 1 cubes, plus 6 quince, peeled, for melon balling and poaching
3. cups sugar
4. Combine the 8 chopped quince and sugar in a saucepan. Pour enough water in the pan to cover by a few inches. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to a simmer. Cook until the syrup becomes ruby red (add water if too much evaporates).
5. Use a melon baller to create the quince balls; place into the syrup and cook over low heat until tender; remove from the syrup and transfer to a dish, allowing the quince balls to cool in a refrigerator.
6. For the almond frangipane:
7. oz butter, softened, plus more to grease parchment paper
8. -1/2 cups sugar
9. eggs
10. -1/3 cups almond flour
11. /2 cup all-purpose flour
12. t salt
13. T amaretto liqueur
14. Vanilla ice cream, to serve
15. High-quality olive oil, for drizzling
16. Preheat an oven to 350°F.
17. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and light in color. Add the eggs one at a time, and continue to whip the mixture until it’s light and stiff. Incorporate the flours and salt in three stages, adding the amaretto between the second and third additions.
18. Line a cake pan or individual molds with greased parchment paper, and pipe a 1/2 thick layer of frangipane into the pan. Drain and pat the dry quince balls, and press them into the frangipane in an even layer.
19. Bake in the oven until dark, golden brown in color. Remove the pan from the oven, and the cake from the pan. Slice it and serve warm with vanilla ice cream, then drizzle it with olive oil.
20. Wine Pairing: “At Absinthe [Brasserie & Bar], we are pairing the Almond Quince Cake with Piquemal Rivesaltes 1988, which comes from the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France,” says the eatery’s chief sommelier, Aaron Wasserman. “This naturally sweet wine has a distinct amber color with a honey and marzipan flavor profile. These elements really complement the quince and almond flavors without overwhelming the dessert with cloying sweetness.”
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