Quinces in White Wine

3-5 quinces
500ml white wine
1kg sugar
cinnamon stick
a glass of rum

Method

1.Cut the quinces into 6 segments each, remove the seeds.

2.Put the pieces into a saucepan with enough water to cover them and cook until soft, strain (keeping the liquid), leave to cool then put the fruit into a large sterilised glass jar.

3.Using 500ml of strained cooked juices and add the wine, sugar and cinnamon to a pan and cook until syrupy. Leave it cool completely, add the rum and pour over the quinces in the jar.

4.Close tightly and leave in the cold place until needed.