Ayva Tatlisi (Turkish Quince Dessert)
Simple poached quince dessert recipe with spices. A super light fruit dessert flavored with served with clotted cream and pistachios.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: Turkish
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 cup water
- 3 quince fruit
- 2 tablespoon hibiscus, for coloring only
- Zest of one orange
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 star anise
- 1 rosemary sprig
For garnish:
- clotted cream
- pistachios
Instructions
- Boil water and sugar in a pot until sugar dissolves.
- Halve the quinces, don’t remove the seeds, they will help the color and give a consistency to the syrup inside as well because they have a natural pectin (thickener).
- Place the halved quinces in the pot.
- Put the hibiscus leaves, orange zest, cinnamon sticks, star anise and rosemary on the quinces.
- Cook them covered until the quinces are tender but not mushy, about 1 hour.
- Transfer the poached quinces in a serving dish and let them cool completely. Then chill them in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving.
- Top them with clotted cream and pistachios to serve.
Notes
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If you want a more caramelized quince dessert, bake them in a preheated oven for about 5 minutes after cooking them in the pot.
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The garnish ingredients are not included in the nutritions.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 164
- Sugar: 33.3 g
- Sodium: 9.2 mg
- Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 42.2 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: quince, quince recipes, quinces, poached quince
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