Liptauer Spread Recipes

Steps:

• Blend cottage cheese and butter in processor until smooth. Blend in paprika, caraway and mustard. Transfer to small bowl. Mix in onion and cornichons. Transfer to crock. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• Place crock of cheese in center of platter. Surround with bread. Serve with radishes and green onions.

Steps:

• Cream together all ingredients.
• Place into a bowl or pretty mold covered with plastic wrap. Cover top of cheese with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours overnight is best.
• Unmold on to a serving plate and surround with rye bread squares, fresh veggies, or crackers.

Steps:

• In a bowl cream together the cream cheese and the butter, add the paprika, the capers, the anchovies, the shallot, the caraway seeds, and salt and pepper to taste, and combine the mixture well. Pack the cheese into a crock and chill it, covered, for 1 day to let the flavors develop. Serve the cheese with the crackers.

Steps:

• With the back of a spoon, press the cottage cheese through a fine sieve into a mixing bowl.
• In a mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter on medium speed. Beat in the cottage cheese, paprika, a generous grinding of black pepper, the salt, caraway seeds, mustard, capers, onion and sour cream until it forms a smooth paste.
• Spoon it into a 1 1/2 -cup bowl lined with plastic wrap. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, or until set. Unmold onto a platter and sprinkle with chives. Serve with baguette slices or crackers.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whip the butter, cream cheese, and quark (or its substitute). Make sure the butter is soft to avoid unpleasant chunks.
• Add the water, onion, garlic, and 1 tbsp of the butter-cheese mixture to a blender and puree.
• Pour the onion-garlic puree into the bowl with the cheeses and mix well.
• Mix in the remaining ingredients and combine well. Season with salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. If you used unsalted butter, salt liberally.
• Garnish with chopped chives and dill and serve with soft pretzels, celery sticks, crackers, or toasted German rye bread. It can also be used to stuff tomatoes, red peppers and hard boiled eggs.
• Liptauer tastes best when made the day before so the flavors have a chance to mingle.

Steps:

• Drain fromage blanc, and place in a bowl. Beat with a fork until smooth. Beat in shallot.
• Using a mortar and pestle or a miniprocessor, mash capers, anchovies, caraway seeds and garlic to a paste. Add butter, a tablespoon at a time. Blend into cheese. Add paprika, and stir until smooth. Mix in pepper to taste.
• Place a large sheet of plastic wrap over a 2-cup bowl. Spoon mixture onto plastic, which will sink, lining the bowl, as you fill it. Smooth top of cheese, and cover with overhanging plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.
• To serve, uncover cheese, unmold onto a plate, and peel off plastic. Shower with chives. Serve with onions, cornichons, peppers and black bread.