Recipes by the Dairy

Recipes

Garden fresh smoked salmon spread

Garden Fresh Smoked Salmon Spread

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup shredded smoked salmon
  • 16 oz Hinterland Dairy Fresh Spread Quark

Instructions
 

  1. Mix all ingredients together
  2. Season to taste
  3. Thin with sour cream if necessary
  4. Enjoy with crackers and your friends and family!

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients
  

Crust
  • 1/4 cup butter Melted
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 sleeve
Filling
  • 16 oz Hinterland Dairy quark regular or honey cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 8 oz pumpkin puree
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs

Instructions
 

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Lightly coat an 8x8 baking dish with nonstick spray.
  3. Mix butter, sugar, and graham cracker crumbs together until moistened.
  4. Press crust mixture into bottom of greased baking dish.
  5. Using a mixer, beat quark until smooth.
  6. Add sugar, pumpkin, and vanilla and cream together.
  7. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  8. Pour filling over crust.
  9. Bake 35-40 minutes until edges begin to brown and center no longer wobbles.
  10. Cool completely before refrigerating.
  11. Chill for at least 2 hour before serving.

Cranberry Jalapeno Dip

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz Hinterland Dairy quark
  • 2 tbsp cranberry juice
  • 4 oz jalapenos drained and minced
  • 4 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries chopped
  • 1 tsp onion powder

Instructions
 

  1. Beat quark and cranberry juice until smooth.
  2. Add jalapenos, bacon, cranberries, and onion powder to quark mixture.
  3. Allow to chill for at least 4 hours.
  4. Serve with crackers, pretzels, or your favorite bread.

Vegetable Cream Soup

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 cup diced potatoes
  • 1 large chopped onion
  • 2 carrots shredded
  • 1/2 cup celery
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1 tbsp parsley flakes
  • 8 oz Hinterland Dairy quark
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 can evaporated milk

Instructions
 

  1. Place all vegetables in a large pot with enough water to cover vegetables.
  2. Boil vegetables until soft.
  3. Add chicken bouillon cubes, parsley flakes, quark, soup, milk, salt, and pepper.
  4. Continue cooking until all is blended.

Cheesy Bacon Corn Dip

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz Hinterland Dairy quark
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 jalapenos minced
  • 8 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
  • 6 oz Hinterland Dairy Franklin Road shredded
  • 6 oz Hinterland Dairy Brook's Place shredded
  • 2 cans Shoepeg corn
  • 2 tbsp chopped chives
  • salt
  • pepper
  • paprika
  • tortilla chips

Instructions
 

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, combine quark, sour cream, garlic powder, an jalapenos and mix until smooth.
  3. Add shredded Franklin Road and Brook's Place, bacon, and corn. Stir until combined.
  4. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and paprika.
  5. Bake 30-40 minutes until bubbly.
  6. Serve warm with tortilla chips.

Iowa Party Dip

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 8 oz Hinterland Dairy quark
  • 1 egg
  • 1 4 oz can green chiles mild or medium
  • 1 15 oz can sweet corn drained
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 cup Hinterland Dairy Brook's Place or Franklin Road shredded
  • tortilla chips

Instructions
 

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together mozzarella, quark, egg, chiles, corn, garlic, salt, and pepper.
  3. Transfer to a greased baking dish.
  4. Sprinkle top with Brook's Place or franklin Road.
  5. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until top begins to brown and cheese is bubbling.
  6. Serve warm with tortilla chips and enjoy!

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients
  

  • 8 large potatoes
  • 8 oz Hinterland Dairy quark regular or garlic
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 tbsp garlic salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper

Instructions
 

  1. Biol, drain, and smash potatoes.
  2. Beat in quark and sour cream.
  3. Add garlic salt and pepper.
  4. Bake in buttered casserole dish at 400 degrees for 50-60 minutes OR in crockpot on high for 3 hours.

Notes

Can be made ahead and stored in fridge or freezer but bake time will need to be increased.

Creamy Tomato Soup

Ingredients
  

  • 2 28 oz cans whole tomatoes drained, reserving the juice
  • 1.5 tbsp brown sugar
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup minced onion
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • pinch allspice
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 2.5 cups chicken broth
  • 4 oz Hinterland Dairy quark
  • cayenne pepper optional
  • Hinterland Dairy cheese crumbles optional

Instructions
 

  1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Line rimmed baking sheet with foil.
  3. Spread tomatoes in sigle layer on foil and sprinkle evenly with brown sugar.
  4. Bake until all liquid has evaporated and tomatoes begin to color, about 30 minutes.
  5. Let tomatoes cool slightly, then peel off foil and transfer to small bowl and set aside.
  6. Heat butter over medium heat in medium pan until foaming.
  7. Add onion, tomato paste, and allspice.
  8. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, 7-10 minutes.
  9. Add flour and cook, stirring contantly until thoroughly combined, about 30 seconds,
  10. Whisking constantly, gradually add broth, reserved tomato juice and roasted tomatoes.
  11. Cover, increase heat to medium, and bring to a boil.
  12. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
  13. Blend ingredients by using an immersion blender in pan.
  14. Stir in quark and heat over low until hot, about 3 minutes.
  15. Add additional broth if needed. Season with salt and cayenne to taste.
  16. Top with cheese crumbles if desired.