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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

17 Quark Recipes From 12 Cuisines.

A fresh curd cheese, unripened and only lightly acidic, that Central and Eastern European baking would collapse without. It fills Polish sernik, Russian syrniki, German kasekuchen and countless dumplings and pancakes. The dry pressed kind crumbles and is used in doughs; the soft tub kind spreads like thick yogurt. They are not interchangeable, so check which one a recipe means. Drain the soft kind in cloth if a filling needs to hold its shape after baking.

17 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Golden cracked cornmeal and curd cheese cake cut into squares in a baking tin, one square topped with sour cream

Moldova1 hr 5 min

Alivenci

Moldovan Cornmeal and Curd Cheese Cake

Round flat povitica cut into wedges, showing thin dough ribbons coiled through a pale curd filling

Slovenia2 hr

Belokranjska Povitica

Flat Layered Curd Flatbread

Bowl of crimped half-moon dumplings glossy with melted butter, topped with thick sour cream and chopped dill

Moldova1 hr 30 min

Colțunași cu Brânză

Moldovan Curd Cheese Dumplings

Carinthian Kasnudeln half-moon dumplings with twisted rope edges in browned butter with chives

Austria1 hr 50 min

Kärntner Kasnudeln

Carinthian Curd Cheese Dumplings

Mound of glossy red minced beef kitfo on a platter beside white crumbled fresh cheese and dark braised greens

Ethiopia40 min

Kitfo

Ethiopian Minced Beef with Spiced Butter

Bowl of pink Hungarian korozott paprika cheese spread dusted with paprika, with rye bread and raw onion rings

Hungary4 hr 15 min

Körözött

Hungarian Paprika Sheep Cheese Spread

Bowl of coral pink Liptauer paprika cheese spread with chives, radishes and dark rye bread

Austria4 hr 15 min

Liptauer

Viennese Paprika Cheese Spread

Squares of Finnish blueberry tray pie with dark bilberries set in pale quark custard on a soft base

Finland2 hr

Mustikkapiirakka

Finnish Blueberry Tray Pie

Plate of boiled fruit dumplings split open to show hot plum filling, under melted butter, crumbled curd and icing sugar

Czechia1 hr 20 min

Ovocné Knedlíky

Czech Fruit-Filled Quark Dumplings

Golden fried cheese doughnut ring topped with a small dough ball, white sour cream and dark sour cherry preserve

Romania1 hr 15 min

Papanași

Romanian Fried Cheese Doughnuts with Sour Cherry

Wedge of prekmurska gibanica showing dark poppy, brown walnut, apple and white curd layers between pastry

Slovenia6 hr 10 min

Prekmurska Gibanica

Layered Poppy, Walnut, Apple and Curd Cake

Slice of Polish sernik showing dense pale curd filling with raisins on a thin golden shortcrust base

Poland6 hr 55 min

Sernik

Polish Baked Curd Cheesecake

Every recipe on this route.

All 17 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

also known astwarog, tvorog, farmer cheese

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