Handcrafted New Forest Quince Jelly
Quince jelly is clear, sweet, delicious and delicate with an aftertaste of toffee apples.
Once discovered, this gorgeous jelly is never forgotten. It is spectacular with a cheese board or amazing as a side with cold or hot meats (great with lamb, pork or game) and
The Quince is the often-overlooked, jewel of the English autumn bounty. It's cultivated on all continents in warm-temperate and temperate climates. It requires a cooler period of the year, with temperatures under 7 °C (45 °F), to flower properly.
Whilst you probably wouldn't enjoy a raw Quince - it has an intense and sour taste - the artisan jam maker knows how to unlock something sweet and spectacular from this amazing fruit.
Our Quince are foraged from private estates in the New Forest. We hand-pick, prepare and puree them by cooking them with water. The puree is suspended in a muslin cloth and, in the dark of the night, the silence at Jam HQ is punctuated by the dripping of the precious, clear fluid into copper pans. In the morning, this juice will be combined with sugar and gently cooked to perfection.
The result will be a clear jelly on an amber-gold spectrum that varies a little with the varieties available. This is a true artisan product. No two batches will be exactly the same.
The adventurous might:
- Mix it into a game pie.
- Stir it into a venison gravy or add to cooling venison.
- Use as a dip for crackling.
- Glaze a duck with it.
Vegetarian (V), Vegan (Ve), Nut Free (NF), Gluten Free (GF), Organic, Soya Free (SF)
Ingredients:
Quince, sugar, lemon juice.
Nutritional information:
| Per 100g | |
| Energy kJ | 1049kJ |
| Energy kcal | 224kcal |
| Total Fat | 0.1g |
| of which saturates | 0.4g |
| Carbohydrates | 65.0g |
| of which sugars | 65.0g |
| Protein | 0.5g |
| Salt | 0.01g |
| 70g of fruit | |
| 62g of sugar |