Quince Fruit Cake
Today we have harvested quince on my Dad’s farm.
Elva and Lily were great helpers especially in making a delicious quince cake.
Quince is used in many cuisines around the world and in many traditional medical systems including Ayurveda.
It is also known by its latin name cydonia oblonga.
Quince is a type of fruit that is lumpy, pear-shaped and bright golden yellow in colour when ripe.
It is often considered a cross between an apple and a pear but has a much firmer texture and the most beautiful sweet fragrance.
How to eat quince?
Always cook the fruit before eating it, they have a very tough flesh. Best not to eat them raw.
With the ones we have picked today, we made a quince crumble cake.
Great for juicing, cold-pressed juice is full of antioxidants.
Stewed quince.
Similar like making a stewed apple, cut some slices or cubes. Add them to a pot with small amount of water and simmer. You can add raisin, cinnamon, ginger and star anise. So delicious.
Great to make a compote, jam or chutneys.
We are happy to share our quince recipe. It turned out just perfect.
Ingredients:
5-6 quince fruit
220 spelt flower
150 gm butter
1.5 tsp of cinnamon
100 gm of raw sugar or coconut sugar
1.5 tsp of vanilla extract
1 lemon
50 ml of water
150gm walnuts
How to prepare
1. Wash the quince fruit. Cut in quarters and take the seeds out. Cut the fruit in little cubes.
2. Boil the cubes with 50 ml of water and lemon juice, 1 tsp of cinnamon and vanilla for 20 minutes.
3. Mix the flour with the melted butter. Knead into a dough.
4. Use 2/3 of the dough to cover the base of a round baking tin.
5. Spread half of the chopped walnuts over the base. Cover with the cooked quince.
6. Mix the other half of the walnuts with the rest of the dough. And crumble over the cake.
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes on 180C
Serve warm or room temperature.
Find out more about the medicinal properties of quince in our post tomorrow.
With love, Karin, Lily and Elva
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Elva and Lily were great helpers especially in making a delicious quince cake.
Quince is used in many cuisines around the world and in many traditional medical systems including Ayurveda.
It is also known by its latin name cydonia oblonga.
Quince is a type of fruit that is lumpy, pear-shaped and bright golden yellow in colour when ripe.
It is often considered a cross between an apple and a pear but has a much firmer texture and the most beautiful sweet fragrance.
How to eat quince?
Always cook the fruit before eating it, they have a very tough flesh. Best not to eat them raw.
With the ones we have picked today, we made a quince crumble cake.
Great for juicing, cold-pressed juice is full of antioxidants.
Stewed quince.
Similar like making a stewed apple, cut some slices or cubes. Add them to a pot with small amount of water and simmer. You can add raisin, cinnamon, ginger and star anise. So delicious.
Great to make a compote, jam or chutneys.
We are happy to share our quince recipe. It turned out just perfect.
Ingredients:
5-6 quince fruit
220 spelt flower
150 gm butter
1.5 tsp of cinnamon
100 gm of raw sugar or coconut sugar
1.5 tsp of vanilla extract
1 lemon
50 ml of water
150gm walnuts
How to prepare
1. Wash the quince fruit. Cut in quarters and take the seeds out. Cut the fruit in little cubes.
2. Boil the cubes with 50 ml of water and lemon juice, 1 tsp of cinnamon and vanilla for 20 minutes.
3. Mix the flour with the melted butter. Knead into a dough.
4. Use 2/3 of the dough to cover the base of a round baking tin.
5. Spread half of the chopped walnuts over the base. Cover with the cooked quince.
6. Mix the other half of the walnuts with the rest of the dough. And crumble over the cake.
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes on 180C
Serve warm or room temperature.
Find out more about the medicinal properties of quince in our post tomorrow.
With love, Karin, Lily and Elva
#quince #quitte #cydoniaoblonga #quinceseeds #ayurvedicherbs #bilva #IBS #antioxidant#anticancer #ayurvedicnutrition #ayurvedicfoods #ahara #ayurvedalife #ayurveda #lakshmi #lakshmiayurveda #ayurvedicmedicine #ayurvedaaustralia