Oven Poached Quinces Kidonia Sto Fourno Greek |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 130 Minutes |
Ready In: 130 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Now is the time quinces are ripe and what's better after dinner to have (kidonia = quinces in the oven poached) for dessert or just with the coffee. Ingredients:
5 large quinces ca 1 1/2 kg. |
2 1/2 c sugar. |
3 1/2 c water. |
3 tbs honey. |
1 pcs of cinamon (5 cm). |
10 whole cloves. |
3 ts ground cinamon. |
3 ts sugar. |
tbs lemon juice. |
Directions:
1. Scrub quinces clean with a hard brush, cut in 4 pieces and scoop out core and seeds .
2. Cook water, sugar and core + seeds till sugar is dissolved, ca 10 min, let cool, drain and keep the syrup.
3. Pin 2 cloves in each piece of quince, put in an oven tray, add syrup, honey, ciunamon stick and lemon juice.
4. Sprinkle each piece with sugar and ground cinamon and bake in the preheated oven at 180 C for 2 hours.
5. Cool syrup , serve each piece with 1 tbs syrup, 1 tbs Greek yoghurt or whiping cream.
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