Pronounced 'qvark', Wikipedia defines quark as:"...a type of fresh cheese of Central European origin. Dictionaries usually translate it as curd cheese. It is soft, white and un-aged, similar to fromage frais. It is not the same thing as cream cheese or cottage cheese. It is distinctly different from ricotta because ricotta (Italian: recooked) is made from scalded whey. It also differs from the other cream cheeses in its usually much lower fat content (about the same as yogurt), and it is completely salt free." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(cheese)
I really think quark is more like clotted cream. Clotted cream is common in the U.K., and is often served with scones, fresh preserves and a fresh pot of hot tea. Oh my is this good!! Clotted cream is very similar to quark in texture and flavor. Clotted cream: a little thicker, slightly sweet; quark: very smooth, not sweet at all - in fact, very slightly tart.
Quark is not a common grocery item, but it is a regular item at Central Market near the cheese section. It tends to be hidden and doesn't live with the cream cheese spreads, yogurts and other dairy cheese items (like you think it would). And it does move from time to time, so best to just ask someone where it is.
So...my suggestion for this weekend? Go buy some quark, scone mix and your favorite preserve (best to splurge here on the preserve for top of the line stuff). Saturday or Sunday morning, make a fresh pot of English Breakfast tea and bake those yummy scones. Serve your freshly baked, hot scones sliced in half with a dollop of cold quark and room-temperature preserves on top of each slice... You will NOT forget this treat.
And best of all: we'll be offering fresh scones, quark and preserves at WickeDeli...so you won't have to go through all the trouble. We'll do it for you. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
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