Make Quark at Home

It looks like you found a German recipe that is using quark as an ingredients, and you cannot find quark in your supermarket. There is a solution, an easy solution: Make quark at home from scratch. It is not impossible. Why should you miss these delicious German recipes that need quark? Learn today how you can make quark.

home made quark

Things you need:

– A big sized pot
– 1 gallon whole milk and 1/2 cup buttermilk
– 1/2 rennet tablet (see photo)
– Colander
– Clean cotton dish towel or cheese cloth

rennet tablets

Instructions

– Pour milk in a large pot, and warm it slowly to room temperature. It should not get too warm.
– Dissolve the rennet tablet.
– Stir well and put a lid on the pot.
(do not disturb the mix by stirring anymore).
– Leave the milk-mix out on the counter at room temperature for about 24 hours. After that the milk will have curdled and separated from the whey.

– Place a large colander in your sink and line the colander with a thin and clean cotton dish towel. Make sure the whole colander is lined with the towel.
Do not use cheese cloth because it is too thin.
– Pour the curd and whey into the colander, then set the colander onto your pot so the whey can drip through the towel.
– Put a lid on the quark, then fold the towel edges on top of the lid. Put the pot with the dripping colander in the refrigerator for about 24 hours, then the quark is ready to use.

1 gallon of milk will give you about 2 lbs of quark.

If you are looking for a substitute for quark we have an article about it – GO TO THE ARTICLE –

Now you are ready to make the popular German cheese cake!

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german cheese cake


Asbach Brandy Drink Recipes

asbach A&A auslese and Riesling
Asbach Brandy Drink recipes contain the traditional and classic German brandy A&A – Asbach and Auslese Riesling Liqueur.
This is a special Riesling Liqueur that is used as an aperitif (it contains only 19% alcohol).
It isn’t just great neat or on the rocks but also marvelous in a long drink. The charmingly delicate balance of fruit notes and bitterness is a perfect compliment to ginger ale and tonic. You can try A&A Asbach with a dry German Sekt such as Schlumberger or Italian Prosecco – a great way to start your next party. Your guests will be surprised how good it will taste.

Asbach Brandy Drink Recipes

asbach drink recipes with Asbach A&A
A&A Ginger Ale

4 cl A&A – Asbach and Auslese Riesling Liqueur
Ginger Ale
Ice Cubes
Put 3 – 4 ice cubes in the Original Asbach Longdrink glass, add 4 cl of well-chilled A&A – Asbach und Auslese Riesling Liqueur and fill up with ice-cold ginger ale.A&A Sparkling
1 – 3 cl A&A – Asbach and Auslese Riesling Liqueur
Sparkling wine
Fill a champagne glass with chilled sparkling wine and add optional 1 – 3 cl of well chilled A&A – Asbach und Auslese Riesling-LiqueurA&A Tonic
4 cl A&A – Asbach and Auslese Riesling Liqueur
Tonic Water
Ice Cubes
Put 3 – 4 ice cubes into an Original Asbach Longdrink glass, pour over 4 cl of ice-cold A&A – Asbach und Auslese Riesling Liqueur and fill up with ice-cold tonic water.

Find Asbach Brandy in the USA at www.duggansdist.com

Cherry Jam with Asbach

cherry jam with asbach

Cherry Jam with Asbach: If you are tired of buying jams because you love home made food, here is a great German recipes for cherry jam with a bit of the German brandy Asbach Uralt.

Ingredients (makes 5-6 jars depending on size) Cherry Jam with Asbach
about 1 kg cherries, washed and de-pitted or sour cherries
500 g sugar
1 package pectin
1-2 tbsp lemon juice
1 little (German) Schnaps glass Asbach Uralt

asbach uraltCooking Instructions Cherry Jam with Asbach

– take out the pits if necessary and puree cherries (not too fine).
– in a large pot mix cherries with sugar, lemon juice, pectin and Asbach, bring to a boil and stir frequently.
– let it boil for 4 minutes, stir continuously.
– prepare jars, rinse them in hot water, dry them then fill with cherry jam, close right away.
– turn jars upside down and let them stand like that for 15 minutes, then turn around and let cool off.
Find Asbach Uralt at www.duggansdist.com – they cannot sell it online but take calls or emails for orders.
phone: (845) 358 7230

    

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Bundt Cake Recipe from Scratch

The Bundt cake recipes from scratch is using sour cherries (Schattenmorellen in German), and it is a great German cake, the name in German is “Napfkuchen”. It is the cake that looks awesome on the coffee and cake table. Inside you have sour cherries that you can get in CA at Trader Joe’s or online. Happy Baking!

German bundt cake recipe from scratch

Ingredients Bundt Cake Recipe from Scratch
1 jar (680ml) sour cherries
5 eggs
80 g butter
180 g sugar
peel of one organic lemon
3 tbsp lemon juice
180 g flour
1/2 package Dr. Oetker baking powder
dark baking chocolate for the glaze (200g)
20 g white baking chocolate

Baking Instructions Bundt Cake Recipe from Scratch
– Drain cherries in a sieve, keep the juice.
– separate eggs; beat yolks, butter, 90 g sugar, lemon peel until foamy.
– mix flour with baking powder, add to the dough.
– beat egg whites until firm, fold into dough.
– grease a Bundt form and dust it with flour; add dough into form, then add cherries to the dough.
– bake it in pre-heated oven 50-60 minutes on 200 C or 350 F.
– cover cake after 25 minutes baking time with parchment paper.
– let cake cool off.
– melt chocolate in double-boiler and spread over the cake.
– grate white chocolate coarse and sprinkle over the cake.

Merry Christmas – Frohe Weihnachten

Merry Christmas – Frohe Weihnachten From MybestgermanRecipes.com – wishing you a wonderful Christmas wherever you are. Enjoy it with some German goodies or not. May it be the best one ever!

merry christmas frohe weihnachten

Mocha Meringue Cookies

These Mocha Meringue cookies are irresistible. They will melt on your tongue. You need only 5 ingredients to make them, that’s all. If you want to surprise your friends and family with something special you must make these them. Happy Baking!

mocca meringue cookies

Ingredients Mocha Meringue Cookies

2 egg white, medium size
1 dash salt
100 g sugar
1 tbsp espresso powder instant
100 dark chocolate

Baking Instructions Mocha Meringue Cookies

– Beat egg white and salt until firm; add bit by bite sugar and beat egg white until sugar is completely dissolved (egg white needs to be shiny).
– Mix espresso powder with some hot water.
– Take one half of the meringue dough and add the espresso to it; fill in a pastry bag with star nozzle and spread little puffs on 2 baking trays layered with baking paper. Do the same with the white meringue dough, if you like Vanilla add some drops of baking vanilla to it.
– Let them dry (not bake)  in pre-heated oven for 3-3.5 hours on 100 C or 200 F. Let cool off.
– Chop dark chocolate and melt in double boiler while stirring.
– Take one white meringue puff and dip the flat side into the chocolate and place a brown one against it.
– Place them on baking paper and let them dry.

Keep them at a cool and dry place in a box until Christmas.

 

Rum Balls with Dry Fruit

rum balls with dry fruit

Ingredients (20 pieces) Rum Balls
1 package dried fruit (200g) Mariani Sun Ripened Mixed Fruit No Sugar Added Dried Fruit 36 Ounce Value Bag
2 tbsp dark rum
1 tbsp liquid honey
50 g chocolate sprinkles – Wilton Sprinkles: Chocolate Jimmies

Baking Instructions Rum Balls
– Chop dry fruit with rum and honey in the food processor or chop them with a knife finely, then mix with rum and honey.
– Form balls and roll them in chocolate sprinkles.
Variation: melt dark chocolate in double boiler, dip each rum ball in the chocolate then sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.

 

Turkey Leftover Recipe

Turkey leftover recipe – that’s what we do in Germany with turkey leftovers: This German Turkey recipe is a stir fry that means you cook everything in one skillet and fry it for a short time only. The recipe is using pears because pears (or pine apple) are a good combination with chicken or turkey.
The stir fry is an easy to make dish and it takes only 35 minutes to make it. Happy Cooking!

turkey leftover recipe

Ingredients (serves 4)
500 g thin slices turkey or leftover pieces
salt, pepper, 2 tbsp flour
4 onions
1 lemon
400 g ripe and firm pears
50 g clarified butter
200 ml chicken bouillon (broth)
120 g cream cheese
1/2 bunch fresh marjoram  or 1-2 tbsp dried

Cooking Instructions Turkey Leftover Recipe

– Cut turkey in thin stripes, add salt and pepper.
– Place it into a bowl and mix it with the flour; the meat should be covered everywhere with flour.
– Peel onions, peel them in a way that all the skins keep together at the root part of the onion.
– then cut them in 6 quarters.
– Grate lemon peel, juice it.
– Cut pears in halves, remove seeds and core, then cut it in 1/2 inch thick quarters; mix them right away with the lemon juice or they will get dark.
– Heat clarified butter  in a skillet, fry onions on all sides until light brown; take them off.
– Let pears drip in a sieve over  a bowl, keep the juice.
– Add pears with ghee into the skillet and fry them for 2-3 minutes, take them off.
– Heat ghee and add 250 g turkey  and while turning the pieces, fry it for 3 minutes. Fry remaining meat the same way.
– Add already fried turkey, lemon peel, onions and pear juice to the turkey in the skillet, mix it well, then add broth and cream cheese, cover it and bring it to a boil; on low heat let it simmer for 5 minutes.
– From fresh marjoram take off the leaves and chop them. Mix it with the turkey stir fry.

Serve it with boiled potatoes.