Baked Quince French Style Food

BAKED QUINCE, FRENCH STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Peel and hollow out cores of quinces, being careful not to pierce bottom of fruit.
• Sprinkle each with lemon juice as you go.
• Stand quinces in buttered gratin dish.
• Mix together to a cream 2/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter and 3 generous tablespoons heavy cream.
• Stuff quinces with mixture; if some is left, add halfway through cooking.
• Top each quince with sprinkling of sugar.
• Bake 1 hour or until quinces are tender.

BAKED QUINCE WITH CINNAMON

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Press three cloves into each quince half. Place the fruit in a roasting pan cut-side down. Add the water, wine, and cinnamon sticks to the pan; sprinkle the sugar over the quince.
• Bake the fruit in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 35 to 40 minutes. Turn the quince right-side up and bake until tender, about 10 more minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven and let the quince cool slightly. Transfer each quince half to a plate and drizzle with a tablespoon of juices from the roasting pan and a dollop of whipped cream.