Obatzda Fr Den Biergarten German Cheese Spread Recipe

This bavarian/german cheese spread recipe, known as obatzda (also known as grupfter in frankonia), is not for the faint-hearted. It is made with a blend of stinky, white aged soft cheeses, sweet or hot paprika, and a good bit of onion thrown into the mix. Some recipes also call for garlic, horseradish, cloves, and cream cheese. A hungarian/slovakian version is made with liptauer cheese and is known as korozott juhturo. Obatzda is a classic german beer garden food found on a brotzeit, a snack platter with hearty bread, sausage, pickles, and radishes. Other classic german bread spread recipes include cheese-based spreads like obatzda and herbed quark cream, vegetarian and dairy-free spreads like a tomato spread, sweet spreads like strawberry cream cheese, and meat and fish spreads like chicken liver pt.