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4.94 from 15 votes

Homemade Quark Cheese



Buttermilk is the milk left behind after making butter. Quark is made with buttermilk.It is a very simple process. Two litres of buttermilk yields 500g quark.
Prep Time1 minute
Cook Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 1 minute
Course: Cheese
Cuisine: German
Servings: 500 grams
Author: Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • 2 litres 3.2% fat (will yield about 500g quark)

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 175 F
  • Pour buttermilk in 3 litre heat resistant glass dish; set in oven for 2 hours, turn off heat and leave in oven overnight (will appear like yogurt)
  • Strain with cheesecloth lined sieve for 1.5 hours to get a solid mass: the solid mass is quark