French-Style Quince Tart Recipe - Los Angeles Times

Ingredients

• 4 quince (about 2 pounds), washed and dried
• 1 cup Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc or rosé wine
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, halved (don’t scrape the seeds)
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• 1 thin slice fresh ginger
• ½ stick cinnamon
• 1 star anise pod
• 3 cups water
• 1 sheet (8 to 10 ounces) puff pastry, preferably Dufour
• All-purpose flour, for rolling
• Turbinado sugar, such as Sugar in the Raw, for sprinkling