Quince HQ

I’ve always maintained that “a quince is not just a fruit … it’s an experience.” Our recent Still Water Quince Fair aimed to showcase an ancient fruit in all her voluptuous, golden aromatic beauty. It’s a fruit that keeps on giving in so many ways, but for the uninitiated, it can seem daunting. This month we go back to basics with step-by-step guides on prepping, poaching, pairing and presenting our favourite pome fruit; culminating in a recipe for a trifle-like Quincemisu dessert.

It’s a wrap for our 2024 Still Water Quince Fair
Selecting and prepping quinces 101
Poached quinces 101
Ten ways to serve poached quinces (but there could be more!)
This goes with that: what ingredients pair well for poaching quinces, plus
An easy-to-prepare recipe for Quincemisu.

‘Happiness … is the exercise of vital powers along lines of excellence in a life affording them scope.’ JFK

Cathy x

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When summer slips away and the leaves begin to fall, quinces are readying their magic powers

It’s a fruit with personality: voluptuous, sensual, golden, fragrant, sublimely aromatic, and oh so versatile. It’s true that they aren’t much fun to eat raw … but the wow factor comes during cooking: Quince + sweetener + heat + time = heaven on a spoon. Pure alchemy.

Though related to apples and pears - which you can tell by their shape - they are botanically different. Their fancy name is Cydonia oblonga; one that shouts back to ancient Greece where the very best quinces in the world were grown in Kydonia, on the island of Crete.

All 16 known quince varieties currently in Australia are growing in the Quince HQ orchard.

Quince HQ

April 2024 NEWS

At Quince HQ we want to inspire a sense of wonder, curiosity and excitement about quinces; a really old fruit that is being rediscovered … and loved again. And there really is so much to love!

You can delve into a wondrous quince-inspired world full of stories of love, lust, legend, and traditions; be tempted by fascinating and every-day recipes; be enchanted by artworks and poetic musings through the ages; or even be enthused to grow a tree. Be prepared for something special.

Quince isn’t just a fruit

… it’s an experience.

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Varieties

There was a time, in the early 1900s, when there were 40 varieties known to be growing across Australia.

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