Recipe - Quark Cheesecake

CRUST
1 Three fourths cup Crushed graham crackers
One fourth cup Butter (substitute liquid
Butter Buds to moisten)
1 tablespoon Brown sugar

FILLING AND TOPPING
2 One half pound Quark; divided
4 Eggs (or equivalent
substitute)
Three fourths cup Plus
6 tablespoon Sugar; divided
1 teaspoon Vanilla

From: kapitanwhite@sugarland.oilfield.slb.com (Elsa KapitanWhite)

Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 15:13:49 0500
In an (undated, from the 1980s) article from the New York Times, Marian
Burros wrote about Quark. She notes that although there are many
definitions of quark in food encyclopedias, the basic definition is a soft,
acidcured cheese originally from Central Europe. It can be made with skim
or whole milk. It's often compared to cottage cheese, but "looks nothing
like American cottage cheese. It is probably closer to the farmer cheese
sold here, but even that is not an appropriate comparison. Quark has the
same sharpness characteristic of cottage cheese but is very creamy. And, it
has only half the calories of cream cheese, making it a good alternative in
recipes."

She provided the following cheesecake recipe (my comments in parentheses)

Crust: Thoroughly blend the ingredients and line the bootom of a 9inch
springform pan.

Combine One half pound (24 ounces) quark, eggs, Three fourths cup sugar and vanilla and beat
in electric mixer at medium speed about 10 minutes, until mixture is light.
Spoon into the prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Cool for
35 minutes. While cooling, raise oven to 400 degrees and beat the remaining
16 ounces of quark and 6 tablespoons sugar together until light. Pour over
the top of the cooled cake, and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool
and refrigerate ovenight for 8 hours or overnight. Yield 14 to 16 servings.

I moved from College Station in 1990, so I don't know if the Texas A&M
"Meat Store" on West Campus still sells quark but it was delicious!

fatfree digest V96 #230

From the Fatfree Vegetarian recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.