be made – orange-flower preserve and morella
syrup. While the Count produces for the table a
very highly spiced quince cheese, black and
sticky, but very good.’
Prospero’s Cell
by Lawrence Durrell
POIRES À L’AIGRE-DOUX
Make a syrup with 1¾ pints of
white wine vinegar, 2 lb sugar,
peel of half a lemon, cinnamon.
Cook in the syrup 6 to 8 lb of small
peeled pears. Pour into a basin,
cover and leave a week. Strain, put
the fruit into bottles, reheat the
syrup and pour it boiling on to the
fruit. Cool before covering.