Peach Quince Habanero Sauce

[Guerilla Chef]

Ok, so we pickled some Orange Habaneros last year in apple cider vinegar. My wife also canned some Peach-Quince preserves. Well, we had three Orange Habaneros left in this jar we've been eating from and she got the idea to run them, the vinegar, and the Peach Quince Preserves through the blender. Ohhhh....it made a delicious sauce!!!! Wow, who knew quinces marry well with habaneros?

 

[Avon Barksdale]

Where do you find quinces and what do they taste like? I've never come across one before.

 

[paulky_2000]

What goes well with said sauce?

 

[Greg H]

Sounds pretty interesting (and really quick to make). How sweet are quinces compared to pears? It sounds sweet and tangy to me.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Sounds like a blended chutney, and tasty.

 

[Guerilla Chef]

Yes, it would be a chutney actually. A quince is kind of a hard fruit to describe. They have to be cooked to use, but they're kind of like if a pear is a jalapeno, a quince is a Bhut Jolokia. They're very strong in flavor. Most plain-wrap supermarkets don't carry them. A lot of speciality grocers or natural food stores carry them. You can smell quinces very easily---they have a strong, perfume-like scent.

Hmmm...what would go well with this sauce? Seafood, hands down.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

I was thinking it would be good with pork, like pork chops, pork loin, or even pulled pork (but not smoked, roast pork like pernil).

 

[Guerilla Chef]

Yes, it would be good on pork. I was thinking it would make an awesome dip for coconut shrimp.