Budapest-style quark and red pepper spread

Name: Budapest-style quark and red pepper spread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 bowl
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 small Onion; 1/2 Red pointed pepper (finely diced); 250 g Quark (farmer's cheese); 1/4 block Butter; 2 tsp Sweet paprika; 1/2 tsp Salt

A quark and butter spread with sweet paprika, sautéed onion, and red pointed pepper. Makes 1 bowl for spreading on bread or canapés.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Servings: 1 bowl
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Budapest-style spread combines quark (farmer's cheese), butter, and sweet paprika with onion softened in butter and diced red pointed pepper. Make it in about 15 minutes with a few inexpensive ingredients you may already have at home. Spread it on bread or white rolls, or serve it on canapés and open-faced sandwiches for guests. If you're in a hurry, you can add the onion and pepper raw.

Instructions

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Finely chop the onion and sauté it in 1/8 of the butter until softened. Finely dice the red pointed pepper, add it to the onion, and heat just until slightly warmed.
Mix the quark with the softened butter, salt, and sweet paprika until smooth. Finally, stir in the sautéed onion and pepper.
Serve the spread on bread or white rolls with a vegetable garnish. It also works well on canapés.
Tip: If you're in a hurry and don't mind raw onion, skip cooking the onion and pepper. Instead of a regular onion, use a shallot or a white onion for a milder flavor.

Tip: Let the butter soften at room temperature ahead of time so it blends smoothly with the quark. Let the cooked onion cool before mixing it in so it doesn't melt the butter in the spread.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 173 kcal
Protein: 8.1 g
Carbohydrates: 4.8 g
of which sugars: 3.3 g
Fat: 14 g
of which saturates: 8.7 g
Fiber: 0.9 g
Salt: 0.7 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Budapeštianska pomazánka z tvarohu a kápie