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Quince Cordial

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. a pound of loaf-sugar
  2. Quinces
  3. Cordial
  4. Cloves
  5. Cinnamon
  6. Brandy

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Quince Source of vitamin C

    Source of vitamin C · 15 mg per 100 g, 19% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Quinces, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. Pare your quinces, and scrape them to the core.
  2. Put all the scrapings into a tureen, and see that there are no seeds among them.
  3. Let the scrapings remain covered in the tureen for two days.
  4. Then put them into a linen bag, and squeeze out all the juice.
  5. Measure it, and mix it with an equal quantity of white brandy.
  6. To each pint of the mixture add half a pound of loaf-sugar, and a little cinnamon and cloves.
  7. Put it into a jug, and let it infuse for two months.
  8. Then filter it through blotting paper, and bottle it.
  9. This cordial improves by age, and is excellent.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Measuring jug