Vegetarian Liptauer Cheese Food

LIPTAUER CHEESE

Steps:

• With the back of a spoon, press the cottage cheese through a fine sieve into a mixing bowl.
• In a mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter on medium speed. Beat in the cottage cheese, paprika, a generous grinding of black pepper, the salt, caraway seeds, mustard, capers, onion and sour cream until it forms a smooth paste.
• Spoon it into a 1 1/2 -cup bowl lined with plastic wrap. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours, or until set. Unmold onto a platter and sprinkle with chives. Serve with baguette slices or crackers.

LIPTAUER CHEESE (LA QUICHE CONTINENTAL CAFE)

Steps:

• Beat the butter until very smooth and creamy with a rotary beater or electric blender.
• Add cream cheese, cottage cheese and beat until well blended and smooth.
• Add parsley, onion, paprika, dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce and caraway seed; whip until thoroughly blended.
• Chill. Serve in crocks.

LIPTAUER CHEESE

Steps:

• Cream the butter in a small bowl until light and fluffy.
• Add cream cheese and beat until smoothly blended.
• Chop the caraway seeds in a blender and then add to the butter mixture.
• Chop capers finely and add to mixture.
• Add mustard and paprika.
• Rinse, dry and chop the anchovy then stir into the cheese mixture and blend well.
• Shape into a neat rectangle on serving plate and border with pretzels.

LIPTAUER CHEESE

Steps:

• In a bowl cream together the cream cheese and the butter, add the paprika, the capers, the anchovies, the shallot, the caraway seeds, and salt and pepper to taste, and combine the mixture well. Pack the cheese into a crock and chill it, covered, for 1 day to let the flavors develop. Serve the cheese with the crackers.

LIPTAUER CHEESE A LA NIGELLA LAWSON

Steps:

• Beat the cream cheese and cottage cheese together until they are very smooth. Add the capers, cornichons, paprika, salt, pepper, caraway seeds, and mustard. Mix together well and turn into a 1-quart bowl lined with plastic wrap for easier unmolding later. Smooth the top with a spatula and cover with the overhanging plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator to set.
• When it has become cold enough to turn out - a few hours should do it - unwrap the folded-over plastic wrap on top, place a plate over the now uncovered bowl, turn it over, and unmold. Pull the plastic wrap off and drizzle over a rust-red ooze made by mixing the oil with the paprika.
• Serve this with bread or poppy-seed bagels, gherkins, and, if you like, some chopped red onions.

LIPTAUER

Steps:

• 1. Beat the cream cheese and cottage cheese together until they are very smooth. Add the capers, cornichons, paprika, salt, pepper, caraway seeds, and mustard. Mix together well and turn into a 1-quart bowl lined with plastic wrap for easier unmolding later. Smooth the top with a spatula and cover with the overhanging plastic wrap. Place it in the refrigerator to set.
• 2. When it has become cold enough to turn out - a few hours should do it - unwrap the folded-over plastic wrap on top, place a plate over the now uncovered bowl, turn it over, and unmold. Pull the plastic wrap off and drizzle over a rust-red ooze made by mixing the oil with the paprika.
• **3.**Serve this with bread or poppy-seed bagels, gherkins, and, if you like, some chopped red onions.