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 min
Cook Time2 hours hrs
Total Time2 hours hrs 1 minute min
Course: Cheese
Cuisine: German
Servings: 500 grams
Author: Valerie Lugonja
- 2 litres 3.2% fat (will yield about 500g quark)
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