Nell B. Nichols

Quince Pickle

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 pints

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook
Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

  • About

The taste is pleasing, the color is a tempting apricot-peach

Ingredients

  • 8 quince, peeled, cored and quartered
  • Whole cloves
  • 2 oranges, sliced, seeds removed
  • 6

Method

  • Cook quince in a little water until tender; drain, reserving the liquid.
  • Stick 2 cloves in each quince piece.
  • Combine sliced oranges, sugar, vinegar, 1½ c. liquid from quince (add water if measure is short), cinnamon and apple. Simmer over low heat 10 minutes. Add quince and simmer gently 30 minutes.
  • Fill hot jars with fruit and pour on syrup