Grated Quince Spoon Sweet

Kydoni Glyko

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1 quart

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

  • About

Bright yellow quinces appear on the markets in October. Greeks love to eat them baked for dessert or cooked with meat. But as a spoon sweet they are at their best.

All traditional Greek households used to have a curved bronze grater with large holes, made especially for quinces. If you don’t have one you can either cut strips with a chef’s knife or grate the flesh coarsely with a food processor. A regular grater i