{"id":574,"date":"2014-12-21T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T12:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablelife.spiderstudio.co.uk\/?p=574"},"modified":"2014-12-21T12:37:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T12:37:07","slug":"quince-paste-jellies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/freefood\/quince-paste-jellies\/","title":{"rendered":"Quince Paste Jellies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These little christmas treats are packed full of flavour and goodness. We received such a great response to these this year I thought I&#8217;d share the recipe I use.<br \/>\nFruit pastes are densely packed with fruit you may otherwise be unable to eat raw (like Quince), and even better than this they store up to a year because of the sugar content. Quince pastes may be a bit sweet on their own for some people, but are excellent additions to your christmas cheeseboard or game meats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10801609_10152882914776774_6204656418747497836_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-577\" alt=\"10801609_10152882914776774_6204656418747497836_n\" src=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10801609_10152882914776774_6204656418747497836_n1.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use baking paper or silicon mats on a tray to ensure you can easily peel off the paste after cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>500ml water<\/li>\n<li>2 Tablespoons Lemons Juice<\/li>\n<li>2kg Quinces<\/li>\n<li>Sugar (Check method for quantity)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1456092_10152880575941774_7507246394479784369_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1456092_10152880575941774_7507246394479784369_n\" src=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1456092_10152880575941774_7507246394479784369_n1.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chop and core the Quinces. Don&#8217;t worry about peeling. Coring I found was also very tricky as the cores are larger than apples are, I ended up just roughly hacking away at the middle and getting all the seeds out.<\/li>\n<li>Add to a pan of 500ml water and the lemon juice and cook for 30-40 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Cool, then blend with a processor.<\/li>\n<li>Press the mixture through a fine sieve to create the puree.<\/li>\n<li>Weigh the puree and add the same weight in sugar. (e.g. If the puree weighs 1kg, add 1kg sugar). The sugar is key here to ensuring preservation.<\/li>\n<li>Stir the sugar in over a low heat until dissolved and the mixture is thick and coats the spoon (around 45-60 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Spread into trays and spread evenly. Allow to fully cool. Cut into small bite size portions.<\/li>\n<li>If the paste &#8220;sweats&#8221; too much, further reduce the water content by dehydrating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Store in a cool, dry place preferably in paper or foil tins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10847897_10152881070431774_7475963468857443845_n1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-575\" alt=\"10847897_10152881070431774_7475963468857443845_n\" src=\"http:\/\/suslife.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10847897_10152881070431774_7475963468857443845_n1.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These little christmas treats are packed full of flavour and goodness. We received such a great response to these this year I thought I&#8217;d share the recipe I use. Fruit pastes are densely packed with fruit you may otherwise be unable to eat raw (like Quince), and even better than this they store up to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/freefood\/quince-paste-jellies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quince Paste Jellies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,4,38,8],"tags":[135,136],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forage","category-freefood","category-preservation","category-recipes","tag-fruit-paste","tag-quince"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelifebirmingham.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}