Vanilla Rice Pudding with Poached Quince

This is Autumn in a bowl. Rich, warm rice pudding speckled with vanilla bean adorned with ruby red poached quinces. Quince are a fruit I rarely get to use as they’re quite difficult to get hold of. I never see them in the supermarket! They require some love to get them ready to eat but it’s so worth it. Once poached in a fragrant syrup for 3 hours, they turn from hardy and bitter to a soft, aromatic fruit with a gorgeous scarlet colour.