Ingredients:
- 2 quinces,
- 1 cup sugar,
- 2 cups warm water,
- 6-7 cloves,
- 1 cinnamon stick,
- 1 tbsp dried hibiscus,
- Whipped cream or ice cream and wallnuts for topping.
Preparation:
- Wash, peel, halve quinces,
- Remove the seeds,
- Lay the peels in the bottom of a deep pan,
- Add the seed nests of the quinces,
- Place quinces,
- Pour the sugar and water,
- Add quince seeds, hibiscus, cloves and cinnamon stick,
- Cook in medium heat,
- 10 mins. after it starts to boil remove the cinnamon stick,
- Cook for 1,5 hours in low heat (check occasionally and with a spoon take syrup and pour over quinces. Thus all the pieces will have the same colour.),
- Remove from heat when the syrup breaches jam consistency and set aside to cool,
- To prepare for service fill the hole in the middle with walnuts and place a spoon of whipped cream or ice cream on top,
- You can sprinkle ground pistachios on top.
Bon appetit…