Garlic and cucumber sauce with quark

Name: Garlic and cucumber sauce with quark
Yield: 1 bowl
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 Cucumber; 250 g Quark (farmer's cheese); 2 Garlic cloves; 2 tbsp Sour cream; to taste Herbs

Mix quark, sour cream, cucumber, garlic, and herbs for a homemade alternative to mayonnaise. Chill for 2 hours. Makes 1 bowl.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Servings: 1 bowl
Difficulty: Easy

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This refreshing homemade garlic sauce with quark (farmer's cheese), sour cream, and cucumber can be used in place of mayonnaise. Mix the cucumber, quark, sour cream, crushed garlic, and herbs of your choice until smooth, then refrigerate for two hours. Serve with grilled meat, roasted potatoes, or as a dip for vegetables.

Instructions

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Grate the cucumber, press the garlic, and chop the herbs. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly into a smooth sauce and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Remove the chilled sauce from the refrigerator and serve.

Tip: Squeeze the grated cucumber between your palms before mixing; otherwise, the sauce will become watery during its two hours in the refrigerator. Mix the quark with the sour cream first for a smoother sauce.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per 100 g, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 65 kcal
Protein: 6.3 g
Carbohydrates: 4.1 g
of which sugars: 2.5 g
Fat: 2.7 g
of which saturates: 1.8 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Salt: 0.1 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: Cesnaková omáčka z tvarohu, kyslej smotany a uhorky