Spiced Quinces With A Mascarpone Cream - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 cups water
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup red wine
1 star anise
3 cardamom pods, bruised
1 lemon, cut in half
zest of an orange
1/4 cup honey
8 quinces, peeled and cut into wedges then cored
Mascarpone Cream
250 g mascarpone
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Preparation

Bring the first 8 ingredients to a boil, then reduce to a low simmer.
I drop the peeled, cored quince wedges straight into the syrup.
Cook on that low simmer until they are tender. That might be half an hour or as much as two hours just keep checking!
Remove the quinces from the syrup and turn the heat up. Reduce the syrup by about half then pour back over the quinces and cool.
To make mascarpone cream, combine mascarpone, extract and icing sugar mixture in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.