Soft Cheeses from Poland

Quark is a fresh acid-set cheese made by souring milk with lactic acid bacteria and straining the curd. Soft, white, unaged and usually unsalted, it anchors German, Austrian and Slavic cooking, where the drier version goes by tvorog.

Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made across Central and Eastern Europe, above all in Slovakia and Poland. It is white, tangy and crumbly, with a strong smell and a flavor that starts mild and ends salty.

Bryndza Podhalańska is a soft brined sheep's milk cheese from the Podhale region on the northern side of the Tatras in Poland. In 2007 it became the first Polish product registered in the EU scheme for protected designations of origin.