Liptauer
Liptaur is a kind of cheese, usually spicy but made with sheep’s-milk cheese, goat’s-milk cheese, quark cheese or cottage cheese. It is part of the cuisines of many countries, specially enjoying a pride of place in Slovak cuisine, Hungarian cuisine, Austrian cuisine and Italian cuisine. The name “Liptauer” is derived from the German word “Liptau” for the region of Liptov in North Slovakia. It’s also known as the Spuma di formaggio all’ungherese in Trieste in Italy.
Cheese is a milk-based food product, produced all over the world. It consists of proteins and fat derived from milk,. All over the world, millions of different cheeses are produced. All of them vary depending on the quantity of milk it is derived from.
Liptaur has a sharp spicy taste. It is served in Austria at the Heurgier(Austrian wine-drinking Tavern). Liptaur is a sort of cheese which can be made from any of the soft cheeses. One can use cottage cheese, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, cheese made from quark, soft goat or sheep cheese. The cheese is usually mixed with the local sour cream, margarine, butter or beer and finely-chopped onions. Spices may also be added like ground paprika, fresh parsley, caraway seeds etc.
If Liptaur is ready-made, it generally comes in tin-foil packages and has a spicy taste. The cheese is consumed on open sandwich, toast, crackers, bagels or even as a filling in tomatoes, peppers or hard-boiled eggs. Slovakia and Hungary boast of many recipes where liptaur is a key ingredient. All families have their own different way of cooking Liptaur and claim that their recipe is the purest way to create the item.
It contains up to fortyfive percent fat and is made from sheep’s milk. The paprika turns the cheese red. It is a very well-tasting snack cheese which goes with all ranges of alcoholic beverages from beer to white wine. There are lots of recipes for Liptaur cheese spread, it is a very popular cheese. It is a vegetarian meal which makes it even more popular. It is most commonly drunk with white wine and is acclaimed as a part of also Austrian cuisine. Making the Liptaur cheese spread is not very difficult, thus it is a recipe even a novice cook can try.
Here is a Liptaur cheese recipe:
The ingredients one will need include cream, 8 oz. of Liptaur cheese, ½ cup soft butter, 3 tbs sour cream, 2 anchovy fillets mashed, 1 tbs finely chopped onion, 1 tbs mustard, 1 ½ teaspoon Paprika, 1 ½ teaspoon caraway seeds smashed and ½ teaspoon salt.
Here is the procedure to go about making the cheese spread. Everything has to be shaped into a smooth mound and slight indentations in the mound have to be made with the fork. Paprika is to be sprinkled on the mound from above and the meal is to be garnished with chopped parsley. The entire thing should be kept in the refrigerator so that the right flavour is acquired. As has been mentioned earlier, this goes well with beer but can also be served with pumpernickel or rye bread. The recipe given here will provide for 1 ¾ cups.
Thus, Liptaur is an extremely tasty, exotic cheese which is very popular in the Eastern Europe regions.
- Angikaar Choudhury
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