The Journal
Stories, reflections, and seasonal features celebrating craftsmanship and the pleasure of a life well-made.
Seasonal Recipes
A delicately infused Quince Gin
I find something wonderfully old-world about a quince. You don’t often see them to purchase, yet they are often seen in art and illustrations.
Those who grow them will tell you the trees have been heavy with fruit this year, the branches almost bowing under their weight.
It’s a fruit with a patience about it, not to be eaten raw, but transformed slowly, revealing its scent of honey and rose once cooked.
When we reached our to our readers for seasonal recipes, we were delighted to read this timely recipe by Andrea in Hertfordshire, offering a way to use a glut of quince and capture that sweet quince scent, without cooking.
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