Golden Quince Almond Tart

I've pretty much always passed quinces by whenever I've seen them at farmers markets.  On rare occasions, I would sometimes pick, admire and sniff them, but never bring back one home .  The only thing that ever came to mind to do with them was Quince Cheese, but it wasn't something that I really wanted to make, so they were often dismissed.

This time round I changed my mind when I saw them at a local food festival.  I decided to pick up a couple, they were not particularly cheap so I consider these quinces to be a bit of a luxury but that didn't influence me to cook or bake with them any quicker.  The quinces sat first for two weeks in my fruit basket, then got moved to the fridge. As I did not wish for them to end up in the compost bin, I started  considering making Johanna's Buttery Quince and Almond Cake, but then got distracted thinking maybe I should do a savoury dish with them as there were loads of sweet Quince recipes around. 

Well after being in my home for nearly three weeks, at the weekend, I gave up, peeled, sliced and poached them in a little cinnamon honeyed water for about 30 minutes until they were just soft, but not falling apart.  I thought we would just enjoy the poached fragrant pieces with Greek yogurt and honey.  We both tried a bit and quite liked it.  D said it tasted a bit between pear and peach and that is when I became motivated to cook with them further and make a sweet tart.