Quince is a relative of the apple tree, but, unlike it, all varieties ripen in the fall, at approximately the same time: from late September to mid-October. The quality of the fruit depends on the soil in which the tree grows. On poor sandy soils, quince apples are medium-sized, thin and low-juiced; on clayey humified ones - large up to 700-800 g, juicy and very hard. But, whatever the quality of the fruit, quince baked in the oven is always tasty, and the variety of recipes allows you to prepare excellent dishes from any variety.

This is an excellent dessert and an independent dish prepared at home for a second breakfast or afternoon snack, an alternative to pastries and cream pies.

Pay attention! There are many varieties of this dish, it all depends on the method and technology of cutting the quince apple and the form in which the finished product is served.

Methods for properly cutting quince for baking with honey:

  • slices 4-5 mm wide;
  • halves;
  • a whole apple with or without a “lid”;
  • rings.

Technologies for slicing the product can be manual or using a combine. The dish can be served warm and cooled, “powdered” with powdered sugar or with a slice of lemon, marmalade and candied fruits.

Recipe for quince baked in the oven with honey “under the lid”

  1. Quince – 5 pcs.
  2. Honey – 50-60 g
  3. Cinnamon, raisins - optional
  4. Powdered sugar - for decoration before serving

Rinse the quince well, cut just above the center line to form a “lid”. Clean the core, fill with honey, and close with a lid. Place the fruits on a baking sheet, add a glass of boiled water, bake at a temperature of 180, 30-40 minutes.

Important! When baking in slices, the skin can be peeled off, but with a whole fruit or “with a lid,” it is advisable to leave the skin on.

Quince baked in the oven with honey and nuts

This delicious dish– a real oriental sweetness. Honey and nuts add calories and nutrition to it.

  1. Quince – 5 pcs.
  2. Honey – 150 g.
  3. Walnuts – 120 g.
  4. Butter – 60-65 g.
  5. Cinnamon - optional.

  1. Grind walnuts in a mortar and combine with honey.
  2. Wash the quince well, cut in half, remove the cores, make indentations in the halves, place 1 tsp in them. butter and fill with prepared filling.
  3. Place the halves on a baking sheet or in a round mold, pour 1 cup of boiled, non-hot water onto the bottom.

Bake at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes. When serving, add 2-3 g of butter on top.

Recipe with sugar

  1. Quince – 5 pcs.
  2. Honey – 30-40 g
  3. Sugar – 3 tbsp. l.

Wash the fruits, cut into pieces or slices. Place in muffin tins, add 1 tsp. honey, top with sugar to taste. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

Recipe by Julia Vysotskaya

  1. Quince – 5 pcs.
  2. Butter – 70-80 g.
  3. Cane sugar - to taste.
  4. Thyme - optional.
  5. Whipped cream - serve with the dish.

Cut the washed fruits into halves and remove the cores. Grease a baking dish with butter and lightly sprinkle with sugar. Place the halves with the cores up, put 1 tsp in them. butter. Pour 1/3 cup boiled water into the pan and cover with a sheet of foil. Bake at 180. After 20 minutes. remove the foil and bake for another 20 minutes. Before serving, place the dish on a plate and pour generously of the syrup from the pan. If desired, sprinkle with thyme and serve with whipped cream.

Recipe with cottage cheese

  1. Quince – 5 pcs.
  2. Cottage cheese – 300 g
  3. Sugar – 5 tbsp. l.
  4. Sour cream – 2 tbsp. l.
  5. Water – 1 tbsp. l.
  6. Raspberries, sea buckthorn, remontant strawberries - optional.

Wash the fruits, cut them into halves, and remove the core. Wash the berries and lightly air dry. Grind cottage cheese, sour cream and sugar until smooth, place in fruit cores. Place berries on top and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 180 for 30-40 minutes.

Dessert with wine

  1. Quince – 5 pcs.
  2. Sugar – 100 g.
  3. White or red wine – 100 ml.
  4. Crumbs of nuts or almonds - optional.
  5. Cinnamon - optional.
  6. Chopped ginger root - optional.

Cut the washed fruits in half, peel out the cores, place in a mold, sprinkle with sugar on top, and pour in wine. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. When serving, the dessert can be sprinkled with crumbled nuts or almonds. Suitable for this dessert:

  • white wines: Sauvignon blanc, Riesling, Aligote, Muscat, Citron;
  • red wines – Cabernet Sauvignon, Isabella.

If desired, you can add 8-10 g of chopped ginger root to the dish before baking.

The fall fruit can be prepared in an individual foil wrapper. This measure speeds up the cooking process, the fruits do not fall apart, they can be cooled and taken with you on a picnic, walk, or given to your child to school.

Quince baked whole in foil

  1. Quince – 1 pc.
  2. Butter – 1 tsp.
  3. Sugar – 1 tsp.
  4. Cinnamon - optional

Carefully remove the cores from the washed fruits without cutting them in half. You can use a tablespoon for this job. Place 1 tsp inside. butter, sprinkle with sugar, add cinnamon if desired, wrap in foil. Place the prepared fruits on a baking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes. at 180 degrees. Aromatic juice is formed under the foil, making the dish juicy and healthy.

Recipe for diabetics

Quince contains less than 10% sugars, mainly in the form of fructose, its glycemic index is 35, and therefore it can be consumed by people with diabetes mellitus. When baking in foil, you do not need to add sugar; you should use sugar substitutes.

Pay attention! Quince is perfect not only for preparing sweet dishes, but also meat dishes. It can be baked in the oven with garlic or minced meat and cheese.

How to bake quince in the microwave

To bake an autumn favorite in the microwave, you need to wash it thoroughly, core it, cut it into slices, place it on a dish, sprinkle with sugar and sprinkle with boiled water. Bake in the microwave under a hood for 5-7 minutes.

Benefits and calorie content of baked quince

The fruit is rich in potassium, calcium, phosphorus and is necessary for the normal functioning of the heart and musculoskeletal system. When baked, the elements are practically not destroyed, and therefore the product remains very healthy. Baked plant fibers included in the quince apple normalize work gastrointestinal tract. The low calorie content and fructose, which is part of the sugars of the fruit, make it possible to use it for diabetes mellitus.

The calorie content of an average quince is approximately 84 kcal. 100 g of product contains 0.5 g of protein, 0.4 g of fat and 9.9 g of sugars. 100 g of baked fruit with sugar contains 193 kcal. Replacing sugar with honey reduces calorie content to 119 kcal per 100 g of dish. Be sure to prepare quince this fall, baked in the oven or microwave, according to one of the suggested recipes, and enjoy the range of its flavors!

I cook baked quince with sugar regularly in the autumn season - such a delicacy is not only tasty, but also very healthy. Due to the fact that there is a lot of pectin in the fruit, the sugar syrup turns into jelly if the dish is allowed to cool, but in my family it has never reached this state - everything is eaten hot or warm. I recommend serving baked quince with honey, walnuts and other sweet additives.

The most remarkable thing about this fruit is that its taste is revealed only after heat treatment - when fresh, quince is simply stone, and it is not only impossible to chew it due to its tart taste, but even to bite off a piece of the fruit.

Use yellowed fruits for cooking. If they are still greenish, then put them on the window or on the balcony, place them with apples - they will ripen in 2-3 days.

So, prepare the necessary ingredients and let's start cooking!

On the surface of each quince fruit there is a dense fleecy layer. Rinse it off with water using the hard side of the sponge. Cut off the convex part of each fruit and make a small indentation. Unlike apples, you cannot remove the seeds from quince, so bake the fruit with them.

Pour 1 tbsp into each cavity. granulated sugar. If you wish, you can add vanilla sugar or flavoring. Preheat the oven to 200°C and bake the quince with sugar for about 25-30 minutes.

It is best to overcook the quince a little so that it becomes soft inside - check this with a knife. Remove the finished dish from the oven and let it cool slightly at room temperature.

Place on plates or saucers, pour over honey or any other sweet sauce, sprinkle with walnut kernels and serve for dessert.

Have a nice day!


In ancient Greece, newlyweds believed that quince was the favorite fruit of the goddess of love Aphrodite and ate this delicacy before starting their life together. And yes! Quince contains powerful antioxidants that fight our stress and illnesses. Quince is also a beneficial product for the diet, since it does not contain cholesterol, fat and sodium, but is pure fiber.

Quince fruits are very tart and hard, but after heat treatment they become sweet, juicy and soft. Let's introduce quince into our diet together and find out how to bake quince in the oven according to classic recipe. Let's share two with you simple recipes, which will not take a lot of your time to prepare, but will definitely be highly appreciated by your family and friends.

Recipes for baked quince in the oven

Baked quince with honey

  1. Before baking the quince in the oven, wash the quince and thoroughly rub the fruit with a clean sponge to remove hard and unpleasant fluff from the surface.
  2. Cut the quince in half and remove the seed capsule.
  3. Cut a hole in the center of the quince and pour a tablespoon of sugar or a teaspoon of honey into it.
  4. Place the quince halves in a frying pan, pour water on the bottom, but so that the fruit does not “float freely”!
  5. Wrap the pan tightly with foil and place the quince in an oven preheated to 150-160 degrees for 1.5-2 hours (depending on the size of the fruit).
  6. During the entire baking time in the oven, add water to the frying pan so that the quince does not burn.
  7. Towards the end of the quince baking time in the oven, check the softness of the fruit with a toothpick, and if the softness satisfies you, remove from the oven!
  8. Place your quince halves on a flat plate and garnish with berries, whipped cream or sprinkle with nuts.

Baked quince - recipe in the oven with wine



Another simple one, but original recipe how to bake quince in the oven.

  1. This unusual dish is perfect for a romantic dinner by candlelight. Your reward for the unusualness of the dish will be your man’s admiration for your culinary abilities and imagination.
  2. Prepare quince fruits for baking in the oven: wash, remove any fluffiness and cut in half. Remove the seeds and deepen the funnel of each half so that you can add the filling.
  3. Sprinkle the prepared quince halves with the juice of one lemon and leave for 30 minutes.
  4. Place the pickled quince halves in a frying pan with the cut sides up, salt to taste, add your favorite spices and pour wine into each cavity (Sauvignon, Madeira are suitable).
  5. To bake the quince in the oven, pour water into the pan and cover tightly with foil.
  6. Place in an oven preheated to 150-170 degrees for 1.5 hours (don’t forget to add water to the pan every 20-30 minutes!).
  7. While the quince is baking in the oven, prepare the filling. Fry champignons or any other mushrooms with onions in butter until golden color. Then add half a glass of wine and a little thyme. Simmer until done.
  8. When the quince is ready in the oven, remove it and carefully stuff it with mushroom mince. Place a teaspoon of grated hard cheese on top of the minced meat on each half.
  9. Pour some water into the pan again, lightly cover the halves stuffed with mushrooms with foil and place in the oven for 15 minutes, turning the temperature a little higher (up to 180-200 degrees).
  10. After removing the quince from the oven, place it on a dish and garnish it with fresh sprigs of celery or parsley.

Fresh quince has an unusually piquant aroma with notes of autumn, flowers and tree bark. This scent is still in Ancient Greece was considered an aphrodisiac, making men hardy and women irresistibly sexy.

  1. Quince seeds contain the substance amygdalin, which, when reacted with gastric juice, turns into cyanide. Be sure to remove the seeds before preparing any quince dish!
  2. Never peel a quince in order to bake it in the oven - it is the skin of this fruit, amazing in its properties, that contains the substances that give it such a unique aroma.
  3. Add grated quince as a sprinkle to hot dishes and salads. This will give the dishes an amazing aroma and help improve the atmosphere at the table.

Video with a recipe for oven-baked quince

Autumn delights us with many seasonal gifts of nature, and quince is one of them. The fruit looks like an apple on the outside, but the inside is quite hard and tart. When cut, it intoxicates with its incredible aroma. The fruit goes well with many seasonal fruits and vegetables (apples, pears, pumpkin), and harmonizes well with meat products. Baked quince in the oven will be a pleasant addition to a snack or tea party with family. This dessert is famous not only for its taste qualities, but also useful substances, most of which are preserved even during heat treatment. You can even offer baked quince to a child instead of the usual chocolates; he will definitely like this delicacy! In order to make the baked quince more beautiful, before serving it can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or decorated with whipped cream. An elegantly decorated and properly prepared dish will delight guests and decorate the festive table.

We will bake quince with honey and sunflower seeds, the latter can be replaced with other nuts, dried apricots, raisins, figs, cottage cheese.

Ingredients

  • Quince - 2 pcs.;
  • Peeled sunflower seeds - 100 g;
  • Honey - 2 tbsp.

Preparation

The quince needs to be washed well, this is a rather difficult process, because... The peel of the fruit is covered with small, dense fibers. To make this easier, soak the fruits in boiling water for 30-35 minutes. After this procedure, wash the quince using a medium-hard brush; the fruit will be well rubbed off from the lint. Cut each fruit into two parts and remove the core using a sharp knife. Do this carefully so as not to damage the integrity of the halves. Fill the prepared quince with cold water so that it does not darken and set aside.

Make the stuffing for the stuffed quince. Place the peeled raw seeds in a deep container and add the specified amount of honey. Mix the mixture very thoroughly. It is necessary that each seed is completely covered with honey and glazed with it. You can add finely chopped dried apricots or prunes to this filling, so the baked quince will become even more delicious. And if you grate just a little ginger into the mixture of seeds and honey, the dessert will acquire a completely unforgettable aroma.

Remove the quince halves from the water and dry them with paper towels. Stuff the fruit with the prepared filling using a teaspoon. Place them in a deep heat-resistant form, at the bottom of which pour a glass of hot water. Bake at 180 degrees for 35-40 minutes. The fruit halves should become softer and darken a little.

Quince in the oven with honey is completely ready. Serve the dish warm or chilled with tea or a cup aromatic coffee. This dessert also goes well with light wine. Bon appetit!

Cooking tips:

  • You can use your imagination to your heart's content with the stuffing for stuffed quince. For example, for lovers of dairy dishes, you can stuff these fruits with sweet cottage cheese, after adding sugar or honey. The seeds can be replaced with nuts, raisins or assorted. Also experiment with spices: vanilla, cinnamon, lemon and orange zest will give the dessert a new, unique taste and aroma.
  • Before filling the fruit, place a small piece of butter on the bottom of each halves. Under the influence of temperature, it will melt and give the stuffed quince a delicate creamy flavor.

If you managed to prepare good quince for the winter or you know where to buy it, then your table can become much more varied, because you can cook various tasty and healthy dishes with quince.

For the cold season, quince is simply a godsend; this fruit contains many useful substances, vitamins and microelements, fruit acids and pectins. Quince is used in the preparation of many different dishes, drinks and confectionery in culinary traditions different nations and countries. Quince can be boiled, stewed and baked.

Here are a few recipes with baked quince. This method of heat treatment, such as baking, is generally one of the most gentle and healthy ways of cooking.

Quince baked in the oven with honey and nuts

Ingredients:

  • quince fruit – 3-4 pcs.;
  • lemon – 1 pc.;
  • cloves – 8 inflorescences;
  • water – 1.5 cups;
  • fortified white wine (vermouth, muscat, sherry, quality port, Madeira) – 0.5 cups;
  • cinnamon (or vanilla, but not both);
  • sugar;
  • any ground nuts – 150-200 g;
  • natural non-liquid honey (or whipped cream).

Preparation

Wash the fruits thoroughly under running water and dry with a napkin. Cut each fruit in half lengthwise and remove the seed pods. Quickly sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent darkening. Place the quince halves in a baking dish (convex side up). Stick a clove inflorescence into each half. Add a mixture of wine and water to the mold, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

How long to bake quince?

Bake the quince for 20-30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees C. Turn the halves over and bake for another 10-15 minutes. Cool slightly and remove the clove inflorescences. Place in portions and pour over the syrup formed during baking. You can put a little honey with nuts or with nuts in the cavity in each half of the fruit. This wonderful dessert can be served with white or rose wine, tea, rooibos, mate, hibiscus or cool sweet and sour compote.

You can cook not only delicious desserts, but also meat baked with quince, it could be, for example, chicken or duck.

If you bake a whole duck or chicken carcass, simply stuff it with garlic, then stuff the carcass with thin slices of quince, sprinkled lemon juice(you can add some spices: cloves, allspice peas, anise and coriander seeds, as well as aromatic fresh herbs, but not dill). Bake at medium temperature until done, it can be easily determined by appearance. Baking time is at least 60-80 minutes.

You can do it differently and bake pieces of duck or chicken fillet with quince (not necessarily fillet, other pieces are also possible). Goose, turkey, rabbit, nutria, lamb, pork or veal are also suitable.

Recipe for chicken baked with quince

Ingredients:

  • chicken (or duck) breast – 1 pc. weighing about 400 g;
  • quince – 2-3 fruits;
  • white wine – about 130-170 ml;
  • spices (cloves, allspice, coriander seeds);
  • various fresh greens, excluding dill;
  • garlic;
  • salt;
  • lemon.

Preparation

You can remove the meat from the breast and cut into medium-sized pieces, or you can bake the breasts whole. In any case, we will cut the quince into quarters or eighths, sprinkle with lemon juice and place compactly in a mold (with a good side) either next to the breast or interspersed with pieces of meat. Sprinkle with spices. Bake in the oven for at least 40-60 minutes (duck, goose longer). Periodically sprinkle with a mixture of water and wine. Place the finished baked meat with quince in portions and pour over the sauce formed during baking. Season with garlic and decorate with herbs. That's it, ours is ready!

If the meat is dark, you can choose dark wines; if it is light, you can choose white or rosé.