To Keep Quince All the Year Good

Ingredients

• all your least and worst Quinces
• half a pint of honey

Method

1. 1

   Cut the quinces into pieces and boil them for more than an hour.

2. 2

   Put them into the boiling liquor, take them out immediately, and let them cool.

3. 3

   Strain the liquor, add honey for every gallon, boil and skim it clean, then cool it and cover the quinces with the liquor in a pot or tub.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 95. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO KEEP QUINCE ALL THE YEAR GOOD Take all your least and worst Quinces, that are found, and cut them in pieces, with all the Corings and Parings you make ; boil them more then an hour; then put the Quinces into this boilingliquor, and take them forth presently, not letting them boil, and lay them to cool one by one a part ; then take the liquor and strain it ; and put for every Gallon of liquor half a pint of honey

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.