Quince dish with pekmez (Boiled grape juice)
for 4 people
Cooking Time: 40 - 50 minutes
½ kg quince
2 cups water
2 tablespoon clarified butter or butter
2 tablespoon rice
1 water glass of sugar or grape pekmez
Peel the shells, take out the seed beds, wash, slice and chop. Put water, cover it. Lightly cook for about 25-30 minutes until softened. Add oil and rice, after 15-20 minutes pour the pekmez or sugar when rice cooks. After 5-10 minutes, take it from the fire. Rest in the pot for 10 minutes. Arrange the plate and serve hot.
"Whatever you boil in pekmez, it will get the taste of the pekmez. Carrot, apple, quince, walnut .. Mevlana.Mesnevi5, p: 391-b: 2487,88.
The fruit meals with pekmez are meals cooked in the capital Konya. Today, they are made with sugar. For this reason, sugar measurements are also given. Mevlana did not mention, but today it is possible that the delicious pumpkin, aubergine, quince and apricot jams made with pekmez in Sille have also come from those times.
