I was introduced to quark, which is a type of fresh cheese, in Germany a few years ago.  My host had made a desert of it, mixed with berries that was delicious...sort of a fresher/lighter version of panna cota or other custard desert.    In Europe, it apparently comes in various degrees of fat and has a taste something like a cross between cream cheese and sour cream.

Well, I just found quark at the Costco!  I've never seen it in the U.S. before, so this was exciting...particularly since it is the 99% fat free type.

I've mixed it with chocolate pudding mix and it has a taste sort of like chocolate cheesecake. But I'm wondering if anyone might have any real recipes using it or other suggestions?

You can use it as a subtitute for Paneer in Indian Curries.

Then there is a German "Cook Cheese" (Koch Kaese)

Of course, it can substitute for Ricotta in things like Manicotti or Lasagne

I must try to find Quark.  Thank you for posting.  Is it a soft spreadable cheese sold in a container?  I wasthinking that I could use it like the Ricotta and put a little artifical sweetner and cinnamon on top.  Sometimes I stir in some Torani syrup.

 funny but i had a friend come home from a trip to germany and she said its really good also.  I have seen recipes..like putting milk/cream in the oven overnight at like 250 degrees (have to google the recipe i am guessing here on what i saw) then the next 24 hours letting it drip.  It needs an incubation period of warmth and then letting it drip all the liquid out kind of like you do with regular yogurt to get greek yogurt.  

You can also find it in kosher markets as an Israeli product called ''gevinah lavanah''.

 

I eat it for breakfast nearly every day with some fresh blueberries, raspberries, or cantelope.  Yummy stuff, high in protein, low in fat and carbs.  I totally prefer it to Greek yogurt.