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Quark

Also called сир, торак, тварох and tvorog

Quark is a soft fresh cheese made from fermented milk. Cooks use it in baking and for stuffing, and pair it with onions, chives, or potatoes.

  • Dairy
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Milk
Part used
Milk
Texture
Soft
Cooked most in
Europe, Asia
Top country
Germany
Quark, whole

Photo: SKopp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use quark

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Stuff

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Soft

Shopping

Choosing and storing quark

Availability
Supermarkets (01M6Z353CQ7FW3NKYJBJ50WRHK); Supermarkets (01M6Z353A8ZVCJ95TV4RFEC5EC)

Around the world

Where quark is cooked

8 dishes in the catalogue use quark. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list quark among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with quark

5 of the 8 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Zhent

    Central Asia

  • Syrniki

    Eastern Europe, Ukraine

  • Sînor

  • Spundekäs

    Germany

  • Topfenstrudel

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include quark.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: quark in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milk
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
milk (fermented)
A kind of
fresh cheese

Around the world

What quark is called

Names in 56 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    queso quark

  • French

    quark · toraq · tvaroh · tvoroh

  • Italian

    quark

  • Portuguese

    quark

  • German

    Quark · Weißkäse · Speisequark

  • Dutch

    kwark · Платтекас

  • Greek

    κουάρκ

  • Turkish

    Kesmik

  • Russian

    творог

  • Polish

    quark · ser biały · biały ser

  • Arabic

    كوارك

  • Persian

    کوارک

Show all 56 languages

  • Aragonese

    Quark

  • Armenian

    Կաթնաշոռ

  • Austrian German

    Topfen

  • Azerbaijani

    Kəsmik

  • Bangla

    কোয়ার্ক

  • Basque

    quark · quark gazta

  • Bavarian

    Tschottn

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    quark

  • Bulgarian

    Тварог

  • Buriat

    Ээзгэй

  • Catalan

    quark

  • Central Kurdish

    تۆراغ

  • Chinese

    夸克干酪

  • Czech

    tvaroh

  • Danish

    Kvark

  • Esperanto

    kvarko

  • Estonian

    kohupiim

  • Finnish

    rahka

  • Galician

    queixo quark

  • Georgian

    ხაჭო

  • Hebrew

    גבינה לבנה · גבינה לבנה ניגרת · גבינת קווארק

  • Hindi

    छाना

  • Hungarian

    túró

  • Inari Sami

    rahka

  • Indonesian

    quark

  • Japanese

    クワルク · クアルク · クォーク (チーズ) · ドイツのチーズ

  • Javanese

    quark

  • Kashubian

    Glëmza

  • Korean

    크바르크

  • Lithuanian

    Varškės sūris

  • lld

    Ciot

  • Low German

    Gloms · quark

  • Luxembourgish

    Stoffi

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    kvarg

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    kvarg

  • olo

    Ruahto

  • Serbian (Latin)

    quark

  • Slovenian

    kvark

  • Swedish

    kvarg · kvark

  • Swiss German

    Bibbelichääs · Quark · Wisse Chääs · Kwark

  • Thai

    ควาร์ก (ผลิตภัณฑ์นม)

  • Ukrainian

    кварк · кислоферментний «Кварк»

  • Vietnamese

    Quark (sản phẩm từ sữa)

  • Võro

    Kohopiim

  • Walloon

    Makêye · stofé · blanc stofé

  • Welsh

    cwarc

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q259642

Photos

Photo: SKopp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons