Quark Recipes!?

[Digger]

I'm on one of my pre-summer fat-busting missions, and someone at the gym the other day mentioned Quark as being an excellent source of 'natural' protein as well as containing negligible anounts of fat, but jeez . . . it really is the most tasteless of cheeses.

I've yet to conjure up a recipe with which to add it as an ingredient, although I will add it to a banana smoothie later and see what occurs!

Does anyone have any recipes (not off the tinternet!) they are willing to share?

[calibrax]

Remember to cut the ears off first...

/startrekgeekmode

[Simpo Two]

If we're going sub-atomic, quarks are full of natural proton.

[Henry Hawthorne]

I use it as a replacement to sour cream on a chili con carne etc. Or just add it to any pasta sauce to make it a bit creamier.

[MoonMonkey]

You can use it to make a Quiche but minus the pastry base so it's healthier.

[Mobile Chicane]

At home (my mother was German) it would be made into cheesecake, or mixed with chopped spring onions as a topping for a baked potato.

It needs a lot of seasoning to make it taste of anything, however there are a number of middle-eastern treatments for 'labne' - a kind of strained yogurt - you could steal from google and adapt.

Something I make a lot with yogurt, but which would equally work with quark (loosened with water) is cucumber raita:

1 cucumber peeled, deseeded and coarsely grated
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted in a dry pan until nutty-smelling
1 green finger or Thai chilli, finely chopped
A few mint leaves, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon of sugar, or more to taste
Tablespoon of fresh coriander leaves (optional)

Mix that lot together with the quark/water and use as a dip with crudités or toasted pitta bread.

[Digger]

Thanks for that T

[V8mate]

Mobile Chicane said:

Something I make a lot with yogurt, but which would equally work with quark (loosened with water) is cucumber raita:

1 cucumber peeled, deseeded and coarsely grated
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, toasted in a dry pan until nutty-smelling
1 green finger or Thai chilli, finely chopped
A few mint leaves, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon of sugar, or more to taste
Tablespoon of fresh coriander leaves (optional)

Mix that lot together with the quark/water and use as a dip with crudités or toasted pitta bread.

The liquid from a grated cucumber should be enough to loosen the quark?


Baked cheescake FTW, though!

[Mobile Chicane]

V8mate said:

The liquid from a grated cucumber should be enough to loosen the quark?

Good call - you can always add more.

[ClassicMercs]

The Mrs does a sort of blancmange with Quark.

A jelly (half qty of water). When cooling whisk in the Quark and one (sometimes two) Muller Light yoghurt. Try and match the flavours if doing it.

Never lasts long in our fridge - slimming or not.