Quince Jam

Marabet Safargal

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    2

    kg jam
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Egypt: Recipes and stories from an ancient land

By Suzanne Zeidy and Rawah Badrawi

Published 2026

  • About

At a Bedouin dinner in St Catherine, Dina Kafafi - founder of the social enterprise Sinaweya - explained her movement’s mission: to preserve the culinary and cultural heritage of the Jabaliya tribe. For centuries, the Jabaliya have cultivated food, prepared medicine and passed down their knowledge of the mountains. By working hand in hand with the Bedouin community to harvest mountain orchards, Sinaweya funnels traditional products to new audiences in a mindful project of c