Quark vs Requeijão
Quark
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Germany
Quark is a fresh acid-set cheese from Germany, made from cow's milk and eaten soon after the curd is drained. The body is smooth and spoonable, closer to a thick soft cheese than to a sliced wheel. Rennet is slight or absent, so the set comes from lactic acid rather than from a long press. German cooks keep it for savory spreads and for baking. It has no rind, and it is not aged into a hard cheese.
Requeijão
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Whey
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Portugal
Requeijão is a soft dairy food from Portugal, and a related product under the same name is a staple in Brazil. In Portugal it is a fresh whey cheese, made by heating the whey left from cheesemaking until the proteins set into a mild, moist curd. The taste is gentle, milky, and a little sweet, closer to a fresh whey cheese than to an aged wheel. It has no rind and no long cure. People eat it with a spoon, on bread, or in sweets.