Quince And Cranberry Sauce Food

PERFECT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

SPICY QUINCE AND CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Stir the sugar, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and salt together in a large saucepan. Stir in the water, then bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add the quince, and reduce heat to low. Cook and stir until the quince have turned rose colored, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in the orange zest, orange juice, vinegar, and cranberries. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until the cranberries have burst and the chutney has thickened, about 20 minutes. Cool completely before serving.

QUINCE, CRANBERRY, AND APPLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Put into saucepan the spices, orange zest, orange juice, and honey, sloshing out the cup with the warm water.
• Rinse the quince, cut them in quarters, and peel off the skin. Pare out the core and the seeds, then slice each wedge crosswise in pieces about 1/3 inch thick. Drop the quince chunks into the saucepan, and set it over moderate heat. Stir as the honey dissolves and the liquid comes to a bubbling simmer. Cover the pan, lower the heat, and cook slowly for about 5 minutes, until the quince chunks have started to soften; don't let them get mushy. Remove from the heat.
• While the quince are cooking, peel, quarter, and core the apples, and cut into pieces the same size as the quince. Rinse and drain the cranberries. Stir the apple pieces and the berries into the pan. The syrupy liquid should just reach the top of the fruit; add water (or more orange juice) if there's not enough.
• Put a cover on the pan and set it over medium-high heat. Bring the syrup back to the boil, and cook about 4 minutes, until the cranberries are starting to pop (a bit longer if the berries were frozen).
• Uncover, and simmer until the cranberries have broken up and turned to sauce, about 10 minutes. Stir frequently but gently, so the quince and apple chunks stay intact. Remove from the heat while the sauce is still pourable-it will thicken as it cools. Taste, and stir in honey if you want a sweeter sauce.
• Cool briefly, then lay a piece of plastic wrap on top of the sauce to keep a skin from forming. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature. Store in the refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks. (You can freeze the sauce; the consistency will change, but the flavor will be fresh.)
• Good with roast turkey at the holidays, or any other roast poultry, meats, or winter vegetables.
• A great condiment for cold meats: try it on a turkey or roast-pork sandwich.

CRANBERRY QUINCE CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan combine all ingredients except onion and simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. Add onion and simmer 20 minutes, or until chutney is thickened. Chutney may be made 1 week ahead and chilled, covered.
• Serve chutney chilled or at room temperature.

ROSY QUINCE & CRANBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• Put the quinces, apples and cranberries in a large pan. Cover with water and bring to the boil, then turn down the heat and cook more gently for about 1 hr until the fruit is really soft.
• Hang a jelly bag over a large mixing bowl, tip the fruit in and let it drip overnight - don't be tempted to squeeze the bag, or the pulp will come through and your jelly will be murky.
• The next day, measure the amount of juice you have and, for every 1ml of liquid, match with grams of the sugar (so for 500ml you'd need 500g sugar). Tip both into a preserving pan, or large pan, and bring slowly to the boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat once the sugar has gone and boil until it reaches 110C on a sugar thermometer.
• Skim any scum off the surface of the liquid, then stir in the rosewater. Ladle into sterilised jars (see below left), adding a bay leaf to each one, if you like, and cover with lids - or wax discs, cellophane and elastic bands.