Flavour homemade vanilla or cinnamon ice-cream with this syrup, or spoon it over an apple tart or brioche. Try it with baked apples, quinces or pears, and serve it with cake and cream.
Chop the quinces coarsely including the peel, core and seeds, then weigh them. Put the chopped quince into a large stainless steel stockpot with an equal weight of castor sugar; the cinnamon, the vanilla bean and enough water to cover the contents.
Bring the pot to a boil and cook over a medium heat for 2 hours or until the fruit is a dark and rich red and the