Quimper Quince Tarte
Tarte Tatin
Jane found a recipe for Quince Tarte Tatin, worthy of our very first quince crop ever…
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Scrumptious
Mudlark reported that it looked and tasted spectacular!
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stuffed
Guttersnipe may have eaten too much!
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Click here for the recipe. We altered the recipe by peeling, coring and quartering the quinces instead of cutting into 48 slices (anyone who has tried to cut a raw quince knows why!). The quince quarters were slow-cooked on low in light syrup for 4 hours. We used the remaining light syrup to make the caramel sauce. Served with a dollop of double cream, and a sprinkling of coarsely ground pistachios, the entire human family agreed it was a worthy recipe!
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Quimper Hittys 
Jane it looks absolutely delicious. Great use of your first quince harvest. Poor Guttersnipe I hope she doesn’t get a bellyache.
Guttersnipe says she just swooned from the deliciousness of the tarte… It was amazing – Quinces are so tasty!
So funny! I hate to admit this….but I have been where Guttersnipe is at times.
What does Quince taste like? Sweet? Tart?
Quince is inedible when raw, but sweet and perfumey when cooked. It has little sclerenchyma cells (gritty bits) like pears do, and it’s yellow flesh turns a beautiful garnet colour when cooked! It is an amazing fruit!
Funny! and glad that it was “a worthy recipe”….more than worthy for Guttersnipe!…perhaps weighty?
I think Guttersnipe gained an entire ounce! She says it was worth it!!!
Poor Guttersnipe…she looks like most of my dinner guests after the Thanksgiving meal!! Sprawled about on recliners and sofas! Never having tasted or cooked with a quince i found the recipe and your photos quite interesting. Thanks for the link to that site!
Indeed we had quite a fabulous Sunday dinner, of which the Tarte Tatin was the absolute crowning glory! Tarte Tatin is pretty wonderful made with pears or apples too!
wow, looks and sounds very tasty. Hope guttersnipe recovers. My 20 year old quince has never produced fruit but it does have lovely blossoms in the spring.
How unfortunate that your tree hasn’t set any fruit! I like the blossoms too – so perfectly pearly pink!