Liptauer is a delicious cheese spread made by mixing soft cheese with paprika, onions, capers, and chives. It is a unique take on a party dip, and is best served with crackers, rye bread, or vegetables.
Use an electric mixer to beat 8 oz cream cheese and 4 tbsp softened butter together until creamy.
Use a rubber spatula to mix in the rest of the ingredients.
Enjoy with pretzels, vegetables, rye bread, or crackers!
Notes
Recipe Copyright The Foreign Fork. For educational or personal use only.
Cheese: Quark cheese is the common choice in Austria. If you can find it, use that. If not, cream cheese is a great and easily-locatable substitute. I can sometimes find quark at Whole Foods. If you use quark cheese, the texture may appear a little thinner.
Butter: Unsalted butter.
Green Onions: Chop both the green and white parts.
Paprika: Some people like a spicy dip and use hot paprika. I use sweet paprika. The higher quality the paprika, the more you’ll be able to taste it in this recipe.
The raw onions in this recipe can be kind of strong. If you are sensitive to raw onions, you can omit the white onion. If you like a lot of onions, you can add more!
Use spicy paprika if you want a spicy dip or sweet paprika if you want a sweeter spread. Both are used in Austria.