Poached Quince (Ayva Tatlısı)

by @ikrecipes

Quince cooked with cloves until ruby red, served with clotted cream.

Ingredients

  • 2 quinces
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1½ cups water
  • 6 cloves (spice)
  • 100 g clotted cream

Method

  1. Halve the quinces and remove the seeds (keep them); leave the skin on.
  2. Arrange the halves cut side up in a pot and put the seeds between them.
  3. Sprinkle the sugar into the hollows and add the cloves and water.
  4. Cover and cook over low heat for 1–1½ hours until soft and red, spooning syrup over them now and then.
  5. Once cool, serve with clotted cream.