German Quark Soft Cheese Recipes

QUARK (HOMEMADE CHEESE)

Steps:

• Bring milk to a simmer in a saucepan; remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Whisk buttermilk into milk; let sit at room temperature, 8 hours to overnight. Strain mixture through cheesecloth over a bowl in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.

EASY-MADE GERMAN QUARK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C). Line a colander with cheese cloth and place over a large pot in the sink.
• Gently mix buttermilk and cream together in a 2-quart ceramic casserole dish.
• Cook in the preheated oven for 2 hours and 15 minutes.
• Pour buttermilk mixture into the prepared colander; drain for 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer drained cheese to a bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer until smooth and creamy. Store in the refrigerator.

AUTHENTIC AND EASY GERMAN CHEESECAKE (KäSEKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease the bottom of a 9" round springform pan. Add in a parchment round, then liberally grease the parchment round and sides of pan.
• For the crust: In a medium bowl, combine 2/3 cup butter, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg and the flour with a spoon until combined. Press into the bottom of the pan and lightly up the sides of the pan.
• For the cheesecake filling: In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together remaining butter and the remaining granulated sugar with the paddle attachment until creamy, about 1 minute. Separate the eggs - one bowl of whites, and one bowl of egg yolks, and add in the egg yolks to the cheesecake batter one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add in the quark or ricotta. Beat in the vanilla sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice, followed by the vanilla pudding powder. Set aside briefly.
• In another stand mixer bowl, beat the egg whites until stiffened, about 5-7 minutes. Fold the stiff egg whites into the cheesecake batter until fully incorporated. Pour the cheesecake batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour, then turn off the oven and crack the door, leaving the cheesecake in the oven for 10 minutes. Gently remove the cheesecake and allow to come to room temperature before refrigerating for at least 2 hours to set and chill. Serve with whipped cream and berries, if desired.

GERMAN QUARK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
• Beat together the first seven ingredients till well blended.
• Mix baking powder with flour and sift. Fold into the quark mixture.
• Butter and flour a loaf pan. Pour batter into it.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes until top is lightly browned. Remove from heat - it will flop down again when cool; that's normal.
• (Variations: Add small slices of apple, maraschino cherries cut in halves or raisins or cranberries pre-soaked in rum.).

GERMAN CHEESECAKE (KäSEKUCHEN)

Steps:

• Add the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder into a medium-sized bowl and give everything a stir with a spoon.
• Cut up the cold butter into small cubes and add them into the bowl. Also, add the vanilla extract and the egg into the bowl.
• Mix everything with the spiral dough hooks of your electric mixer or your clean hands until the dough is well combined and forms a ball. Cover the bowl with cling film and place it in the fridge.
• In a separate large bowl, mix the eggs with the sugar using the normal beaters of your electric mixer until you have a creamy mixture. Add the pudding powder and vanilla extract and mix again until everything is well combined. Then add the oil and the lemon zest and mix again.
• In another bowl, whip the cream using clean (!) beaters of your electric mixer.
• Fold the whipped cream and quark into the mixture in the large bowl little by little using a spatula or large spoon. Make sure everything is well combined and there are no lumps. Set the mixture aside.
• Line the bottom of your 9 1/2 inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease the sides. Also preheat the oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Take out the dough from the fridge and sprinkle your countertop with a little bit of flour. Roll out your dough using a rolling pin until it is just a bit larger than your springform pan. Place the rolled out dough into the pan and press it into place. You should have a crust of approx. 1 inch going up the sides of the pan.
• Once your crust is fitted well, pour the filling into the pan and make sure it is evenly distributed using a spatula or spoon.
• Bake the cake in the lower third of your oven for 60-70 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool fully before removing the ring of the springform pan. You can dust the cheesecake with powdered sugar before serving (optional).

QUARKSCHNECKEN (GERMAN CHEESE PASTRY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• If using a bread machine: Combine 1st 7 ingredients per instructions of your bread machine on dough setting and let rise about 45 minutes.
• If making by hand: Combine Flour and 60 g sugar in mixing bowl. Combine yeast & milk and mix in another bowl. Mix Yeast/milk mixture with 1 egg and butter with the flour mixture. Combine both bowls and mix with the kneading hooks of the hand mixer for 3-4 minute Cover bowl and put in warm place for 30 min until it has risen noticeably.
• If using food processor: Combine last 4 ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth. (You can do this by hand, but you will need to somehow whip the cottage cheese until smooth.).
• Turn out dough on floured surface and knead again and roll out to a floured work surface to a rectangle of 12 x 8 in (30x20 cm). Spread the cottage cheese/pudding mix on the dough rectangle leaving a 1 inch edge. Roll pastry from the wide side, jelly roll style. Cut into 12 disks and place on baking sheet covered with baking parchment. Let rise for 10 minute Place baking pan in center of oven. Bake 25 - 30 minute.
• Let cool slightly and serve warm.

KäSEKUCHEN (CHEESECAKE)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325°F (162°C). Quark Cheese recipe 2 days before..... Grease a Spring form pan (26cm size).
• 2. Combine all the ingredients for the crust. Cover the bottom and 2/3rds up the side of the Spring form pan with the dough. Set aside in a cool place.
• 3. Beat egg whites until peaks form. While beating sprinkle in 1/4 cup sugar. Beat cream until peaks form.
• 4. Combine 3/4 cup sugar, milk, and flour. Mix until smooth. Add egg yolks, Quark, seeds of the Vanilla Bean, and lemon zest. Mix until combined. Gradually and gently fold in the whipped cream. Gradually and gently fold in the egg whites.
• 5. Pour filling into the prepared pan. Bake cake for about 70 minutes.
• 6. Remove from heat and allow cake to cool in the pan. Once cooled, refrigerate cake until chilled. Before serving, dust top of cake with powdered sugar (OPT).
• 7. German Quark (soft Cheese) recipe X-3 measure amount needed Set oven to 150F. Pour buttermilk into the baking dish and cover with a lid or tinfoil. If the lid is plastic or rubber, make sure it's dishwasher safe - if so, it should be fine at 150 degrees in the oven. Place the dish in the oven and let it sit overnight, or about 8-12 hours.
• 8. In the morning, remove the dish from the oven. Place the strainer in the sink or a large pot and line it with the linen. Spoon or pour the contents of the baking dish into the strainer. You'll notice that the curd (solid) has partially separated from the whey (liquid). Cover the cheese with the ends of the cloth and let it drain in the sink for 30-60 minutes. To speed up the process, fill a bowl or sealed container with water and place on top to weigh it down. 30 min...........
• 9. Dump the contents into a bowl and refrigerate. Once chilled, add milk 2T at a time until it is smooth and easy to spread with a texture similar to creamy ricotta cheese. Add salt to taste. Makes 8oz or about 1 to 1-1/2 cups. X-3 measure amount needed......................................
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GERMAN QUARK (SOFT CHEESE)

Steps:

• 1. In Germany, quark is sold in small plastic tubs and usually comes in three different varieties, Magerquark (lean quark, virtually fat-free), "regular" quark (20% fat) and Sahnequark (creamy quark, 40% fat) with added cream. While Magerquark is often used for baking and as health food, e.g. as a breakfast spread, Sahnequark also forms the basis of a large number of quark desserts. Much like yoghurts in some parts of the world, these treats mostly come with fruit flavouring (Früchtequark, fruit quark), and are often also simply referred to as quark.
• 2. Quark is a type of fresh cheese. It is made by warming soured milk until the desired degree of denaturation of milk proteins is met, and then strained. Dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese or cottage cheese, although most commercial varieties of cottage cheese are made with rennet, whereas traditional quark is not. It is soft, white and unaged, similar to some types of fromage frais. It is distinct from ricotta because ricotta (Italian: "recooked") is made from scalded whey. It is quite similar to the Indian paneer.
• 3. Set oven to 150*F. Pour buttermilk into the baking dish and cover with a lid or tinfoil. If the lid is plastic or rubber, make sure it's dishwasher safe - if so, it should be fine at 150*F in the oven. Place the dish in the oven and let it sit overnight, or about 8-12 hours.
• 4. In the morning, remove the dish from the oven. Place the strainer in the sink or a large pot and line it with the linen. Spoon or pour the contents of the baking dish into the strainer. You'll notice that the curd (solid) has partially separated from the whey (liquid). Cover the cheese with the ends of the cloth and let it drain in the sink for 30-60 minutes. To speed up the process, fill a bowl or sealed container with water and place on top to weigh it down. 30 min............
• 5. Dump the contents into a bowl and refrigerate. Once chilled, add milk 2T at a time until it is smooth and easy to spread with a texture similar to creamy ricotta cheese. Add salt to taste. Makes 8oz or about 1 to 1-1/2 cups.