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Twaróg

Polish fresh farmer's cheese: dry, crumbly curd.

tangy · fresh

What to do with it

Classics built on it
PolishPierogi ruskieBoiled dumplings filled with potato, twaróg cheese and fried onion, finished with more onion in butter.1 version here

Kinds

Tłusty
Full-fat — richest.
Półtłusty
Half-fat — the usual.
Chudy
Low-fat, driest.

If you can't find it

Polish and Eastern European shops.

  1. 1Quark
    The same, or farmer's cheese; ricotta pressed dry at a push
    You lose the dry, crumbly tang.

Goes with

potatooniondill

Cooked with, here

butteronionplain flourpotato

How much, here

Pierogi ruskie250g twarógMira Kowalski · 13% of the dish

Knowing it

Where to buy
Polish delis. Well-drained ricotta or quark will do, but wetter.

Kitchens that keep it in

PolandPolishCold-climate cooking of grains, potatoes, dairy and ferments — sour things, soured things, and dumplings for every occasion.10 classics · 1 cooked here

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