Homemade quince jelly candies

Ingredients

• Quince peels (only the healthy parts)
• sugar, to your liking
• distilled water, just enough to cover
• 1 whole cinnamon stick (optional)
• 1 clove (optional)
• Food-grade essential oils of lemon, orange, or tangerine (optional)

Wash and dry the quinces, remove any damaged parts of the skin, and cut them into regular pieces. Cover them with water and cook until they are tender, to release the pectin.

Strain the juice and sweeten it to your liking. The more acidic the juice, the more sugar it will absorb, and the faster it will thicken and become jelly-like.

Pour this mixture into a mold and let it set until it is firm enough to turn out.

The mold can be a flat dish, an ice cube tray, or another silicone mold for small shapes. Cut again if necessary.

Use these candies as a filling for a cake, or coat them in chocolate to make chocolate-covered candies. Before coating, place them on parchment paper in the freezer; coat one side first, then return them to the freezer and coat the other side.