quince cheese

English

Noun

quince cheese (usually uncountable, plural quince cheeses)

1. A sweet, thick jelly made from the pulp of the quince.

   Synonym: quince paste

   Hypernym: fruit cheese

   • 2019, Pam Corbin, Pam the Jam: The Book of Preserves, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     Quince cheese, or membrillo as it's known in Spain, is indisputably the best-known fruit cheese. Long, slow cooking liberates the quince's enchanting flavour as well as those distinctive, deep-rose hues.

Translations

confection

• Catalan: codonyat m
• French: pâte de coing (fr) f, cotignac (fr) m
• German: Quittenbrot n, Quittenkäse m, Quittenpaste f
• Greek:

  Ancient: μηλόμελι n (mēlómeli)

• Italian: cotognata (it) f
• Portuguese: marmelada (pt) f
• Spanish: dulce de membrillo m, carne de membrillo f

Further reading

• quince cheese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia