I love handmade quark, the kind you got on farmers markets and in small wine taverns in Southern Germany and some other European regions, about 20 years ago. This quark was a creamy, near neutral, slightly sour product whith a specific aroma. It was eaten either salty (e.g. mixed with some chives as a side to boiled potatoes) or with some sugar and fruit (as a dessert).
Nowadays it's rather difficult to find handmade quark in Germany. All you get in even the most remote wine taverns is the same industrial, dry and tasteless product, which is cheap in supermarkets. Yes - in the taverns they add herbs and some cream to improve it - but to no avail.
So i was kind of sceptical when i bought some Dominican Quark today (label says: autentico QUARK requeson creamcheese). To my own surprise - this stuff is fantastic! Moist, creamy and with the kind of aroma i missed so long! I nearly emptied the cup this afternoon, which had 1 libra of quark. (Reading the label i found fat and salt content (5%,0.2%) being higher than in the typical German-supermarket product (0.2%,0.04%). The taste is great however - and who cares?).
I did test different kinds of Dominican Mozzarella lately - and was not happy with them. Did you find a nice Mozzarella yet?
Nowadays it's rather difficult to find handmade quark in Germany. All you get in even the most remote wine taverns is the same industrial, dry and tasteless product, which is cheap in supermarkets. Yes - in the taverns they add herbs and some cream to improve it - but to no avail.
So i was kind of sceptical when i bought some Dominican Quark today (label says: autentico QUARK requeson creamcheese). To my own surprise - this stuff is fantastic! Moist, creamy and with the kind of aroma i missed so long! I nearly emptied the cup this afternoon, which had 1 libra of quark. (Reading the label i found fat and salt content (5%,0.2%) being higher than in the typical German-supermarket product (0.2%,0.04%). The taste is great however - and who cares?).
I did test different kinds of Dominican Mozzarella lately - and was not happy with them. Did you find a nice Mozzarella yet?