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Quince cheese or quince jelly originated from the Iberian peninsula and is a firm, sticky, sweet reddish hard paste made by slowly cooking down the quince fruit with sugar. [35] It is called dulce de membrillo in the Spanish-speaking world, where it is eaten with manchego cheese. [36] Quince is used in the Levant, especially in Syria.
The English word "marmalade" comes from the Portuguese word marmelada, meaning "quince preparation" (and used to describe quince cheese or quince jam; "marmelo" = "quince"). [4] Nowadays (in English), "A marmalade is a jellied fruit product which holds suspended within it all or part of the fruit pulp and the sliced peel.
Membrillo is a Spanish language common name for several species of plants: Gustavia fosteri, a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae; Gustavia superba, another species in the genus Gustavia; Quince fruit; Dulce de membrillo, quince paste
Eugenia stipitata (Araza, Portuguese common names araçá, araçá-boi Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾɐˈsa ˈboj], Spanish common name arazá, from Guarani arasa; also known as membrillo in Ecuador) is a fruit tree native to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador.
Gustavia superba - MHNT. Gustavia superba, of the Monkey Pot Family (Lecythidaceae) is an understory tree that grows in Central and north-western South America. [1] Common names include membrillo, sachamango, Stinkwood and heaven lotus.
Similar dishes include the Austrian Linzer torte and Swiss tarts with a spiced-fruit filling. [7] In Greek, the word frolla was misinterpreted as the Italian word flora . The dish is served as an afternoon dessert ( merienda ) or with mate (a South American drink), but may be eaten at any time of the day.
Goiabada (; from Portuguese goiaba, guava) is a conserve made of red guavas and sugar, commonly found throughout the Portuguese-speaking countries of the world.It dates back to the colonial times of Brazil, where guavas were used as a substitute for the quinces used to make quince cheese.
The fruit is hard and astringent, though it softens and becomes less astringent after a period of frost. It can be used to make jam, much like quince. In Korea, the fruit is used to make mogwa-cheong (preserved quince) and mogwa-cha (quince tea). [citation needed] The fruit is also used in traditional Chinese medicine. [2]