Recipes for road cyclists: Do it yourself - Snacks for the jersey pocket: Quince bread

Do-it-yourself is the trend. Endurance athletes can also make their own food for tours with little effort - and are usually much more environmentally friendly when travelling than with industrially produced food supplements packaged in small quantities.

In this series of articles you will find a total of six recipes for gels, bars and the like, which are ideal for longer road bike tours and can be carried perfectly in your jersey pocket.

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Quince bread: the ingredients

For 140 pieces (35 portions of 5 quince cubes each) you will need

• 1 kilogram of quinces
• about 750 grams cane sugar
• 40 grams maltodextrin 12
• 1 pinch of salt

This is how it works: The preparation

Preparation time: One hour cooking time + several days drying time

Rub the quinces with a cloth and then wash them. Then cut into quarters or eighths depending on their size, place in a pan and cover with water. Cook for about 45 minutes until the quinces are soft. Drain and, once cooled, remove the core and weigh the flesh. Now puree the quinces in a blender and place the puree in a pan with the same amount of raw cane sugar and maltodextrin. The ratio of sugar to quinces should be exactly 1:1! Then boil down the quince purée over a low heat while stirring.

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Stir more often as time goes on to prevent burning. The mixture will become darker and firmer as it cooks. It is ready when you run a wooden spoon along the bottom of the pan and the furrow closes very slowly. This can take up to an hour or even longer. Then spread the mixture to the thickness of a finger on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Dry on the tray in a warm place and after two to three days cut into cubes (about 3 cm each, 10 g). Leave the cubes to dry for a few more days until they are no longer sticky. Once the quince bread has dried sufficiently, it can be stored in a tin or jar with a lid for several months.

Quince bread: The nutritional values

One 50 gram portion contains 100 kilocalories.

• Carbohydrates 24 g (98 % of the calorie content)
• Fat 1 g (1 % of the calorie content)
• Protein 1 g (1 % of the calorie content)