Italian Food Recipes

The apple quince is a fruit that ripens in the period from October to November, it is an apple with a strange shape: it looks like a pear and apple, and it is lumpy. Its consistency is too much hard and its taste is too much sharp to eat it raw. Despite these characteristics this type of apple is a good ingredient to realize delicious Italian dessert. Here I describe the Italian recipe of apple quince jam, this recipe is easy to prepare, it takes only 1 hour and you need only sugar and apples. You can use this jam spread on a slice of bread for Italian breakfast or to prepare a delicious tart. The apples quinces are ideal to prepare this type of jam that is also called “cotognata” (from cotogna that is the same of quince) or also for the preparation of mustard that is typical of Cremona.

INGREDIENTS:
1 Kg of Apple quince
750 g of Sugar

TOOLS:
Mash potato or grinder
3 Jars with hermetic closing

PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes

COOKING TIME: 50 minutes

PREPARATION

Clean and peel the apples, cut them in sections, place them in a pan with water and let them boil for about 40 minutes.

In the meantime let the jars boil in order to sterilize them. After 40 minutes drain apples and with the help of a grinder or a potato masher, mash apples in order to obtain a sort of pulp of apples.


Place the pulp in the pan where you cooked the apples and add the sugar.

Mix all together and let it cook for about 10 minutes. The jam is ready when it has a thick consistency.

When the jam is still hot pour it in the jars and close them.
This is the result:


BUON APPETITO!

In my garden there is a fig tree that bore a lot of figs in the begining of the last september: I was thinking about a simple way to use them and I decided to make some pots of figs jam! Home made figs jam is ideal to prepare simple italian recipes like tart and cakes, and it is also perfect for a tasty italian breakfast. Try it on a slice of bread!









INGREDIENTS:
3 Kg of Figs
1,5 Kg of Sugar
1 Lemon

PREPARATIONE TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 1hour and 30 minutes / 2 hours

WINE: Passito

PREPARATION
Wash, dry and peel the figs.

Place the figs, the sugar and the lemon juice in a casserole and mix all together.

Bring slowly to boil. Stir frequently to prevent sticking and remove the seeds of the figs that go up to the surface.

Continue to cook until the jam become thick.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!