they dined on mince, and slices of quince...

 

the owl and the pussy cat that is, we had a slightly more exotic dish of lamb shank tagine with quince!

last week, when visiting my mum and dad i raided their japonica plant (aka flowering quince) which was laden with fruit. i’ve never cooked with quince but regularly see it in many of the middle-eastern cookery books i have and am looking forward to experimenting, especially given how delicious last night’s tagine was.

the tagine was rich and full of flavour and the quince added a wonderful piquancy – an almost citrus tang.

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