Liptauer

Liptauer is a spicy cheesy spread made from sheep or goat, quark or cottage cheese, mixed with about one-third of bryndza sheep milk cheese & some of the local sour cream, butter, margarine or beer & finely chopped onions.

The mixture is empowered with spices like paprika, fresh parsley & whole caraway seeds while other recipes involve mustard, Worcestershire sauce, capers or anchovy sauce & it is usually consumed on open sandwiches, toast, crackers, bagels or as a filling in cold dishes like filled tomatoes, peppers or hard-boiled eggs.

It has a sharp & spicy taste & its a part of the regional cuisine of Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia & Italy(Trieste). The name is derived from the German name “Liptau” for the region of Liptov in northern Slovakia, a former county in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.