Light desserts made from an unusual fruit: quince

The easiest dessert to make is baked quince with spices. The recipe is simple, yet incredibly aromatic and delicious.

Baked quince with spices

Ingredients

• Quince – 2 pcs.
• Sugar – ¼ cup.
• Sweet wine or fruit liqueur - 150 ml.
• Cloves - 4 pcs.
• Cinnamon – 2 small sticks (you can use ground cinnamon, but it should not be ground by hand, so that there are no large particles).
• Nutmeg - on the tip of a knife.
• Warm boiled water – 1 glass.
• Sour cream (20-25%) or heavy cream for decoration.

Recipe

1. Wash the quince, cut it in half, and remove the core. There's no need to peel the fruit.
2. Take a small but deep enough baking dish and place our halves there, cut side down – the peel will be on top.
3. Pour and add all the remaining ingredients into the mold. Let's look at the recipe again.
4. Turn the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and bake the quince for about half an hour. It should be golden brown. Then, without turning off the oven, turn the halves over and bake for another 15 minutes. They should be soft when done.
5. After this, we take out the dessert and let it cool a little.
6. To serve, remove one half of the fruit and place it on the serving plate. Remove the cloves and cinnamon from the syrup and drizzle a small amount over the half. Top with a dollop of cream or sour cream.

A wonderful and light quince dessert is ready! Those looking for something more filling can make a wonderful and quite easy quince pie. Here's the recipe.

Quince pie

Ingredients

• Quince – 1 pc.
• Sugar – 200 gr.
• Flour - 200 gr.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 200 gr.
• Baking powder or soda slaked with vinegar – 1.5 teaspoons

Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Let's prepare a baking dish - grease it with butter.
3. Beat sugar with eggs until foamy (the sugar should almost dissolve).
4. Add the baking powder and immediately add the sifted flour. Mix carefully to avoid lumps.
5. Add vegetable oil and mix thoroughly again.
6. Peel the quince and cut out the core, then grate it on a coarse grater.
7. Look at the recipe and add the grated quince to the dough and mix well so that the grated mass is evenly mixed with the rest of the dough.
8. Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 40-50 minutes. Check if the pie is done by inserting a toothpick into it. It should come out clean and dry, with no traces of batter.
9. Once this fragrant quince dessert is ready, you can decorate it however you like – with ground cinnamon and powdered sugar, berry or fruit syrup, liquid caramel, or even liqueur.

In addition to traditional sweets like pie, cake, pastry, and other treats, this fruit can be used to make a light cream—both sweet and healthy. This dessert recipe is very easy and doesn't require any special culinary skills. All you need is a blender, a baking sheet, and foil.

Light fruit and vegetable cream with quince

Ingredients

• Quince – 1 pc.
• Apple (ripe, but not overripe) - 1 pc.
• Pumpkin (sweet variety) - 250 gr.
• Yogurt or non-acidic kefir - 150 ml.

Recipe for making cream:

1. Peel and core the fruit, and peel the pumpkin (a 250g piece means it's seedless, but if you're cutting a whole pumpkin, you'll need to core it too). Cut into pieces approximately 3 x 3 cm.
2. Place the chopped ingredients on a foil-lined baking sheet, leaving a little extra on the sides to form small edges. Cover with a second piece of foil.
3. Place the baking sheet in the oven and set the oven temperature to 190 degrees Celsius. Bake for about 20 minutes. Check for tenderness; if the pieces are still firm, bake for another 10-15 minutes.
4. Remove and cool the pieces slightly, then throw them into a blender and blend. Carefully add the yogurt or kefir—you want the cream to be the consistency of heavy cream.

If you find the cream isn't sweet enough, you can add a little honey to taste or sweeten it with vanilla sugar. This cream recipe is perfect for light breakfasts for kids and adults!

Video recipe for baked quince with walnuts