Name: Quince Applesauce
Yield: Makes about 1 quart
Ingredients: 2 quinces, cut in sixths for a pressure cooker or thinly sliced for for a food mill; 3 pounds apples, quartered; honey or sugar; fresh lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, cardamom, or allspice or a pinch of ground cloves, optional

Applesauce can begin as a soothing breakfast fruit and end as a dessert, tucked inside a buckwheat crêpe or made into the glorious dessert.

The pressure cooker in tandem with the food mill eliminates the need to peel and core the apples. You can have applesauce in 15 minutes.

Quinces give applesauce an elusive perfume and turn it rosy pink.

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