DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Handkaese mit Musik
Also known as: Hand cheese with music, Hessian marinated Handkaese
Hessen Tourismus’s Handkäs mit Musik pours its vinegar, oil, water, onion and caraway marinade over supplied pre-ripened cheese, briefly rests it and serves Bauernbrot and butter alongside.

About Handkaese mit Musik
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Hessen Tourismus’s Handkäs mit Musik presents a Hessian cheese dish with an onion-and-caraway marinade. Its selected recipe starts with four pieces of supplied pre-ripened Handkäs and serves them with Bauernbrot and butter.
Eight tablespoons of vinegar, four tablespoons of generic oil and four tablespoons of water are stirred together for the marinade. Salt and white pepper season it strongly.
The supplied peeled, small-diced onions and caraway seeds are added last. The selected recipe lists three onions and leaves the seasoning quantities unreported.
The marinade is distributed over the Handkäs. This selected route lets it stand briefly; the source also allows immediate serving.
Bauernbrot and butter accompany the cheese. The publisher’s food context calls Handkäs a Hessian specialty; this recipe keeps the supplied cheese and bread as separately prepared foods.
Ingredients in Handkaese mit Musik
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- Onionother
- White pepperother
- Vegetable Oilsauce
- Carawayseasoning
- Sour-milk cheesebase
- Vinegarother
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- Hessian
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