Editing Liptauer (section)

==Overview==
[[File:Quark liptauer cheese.jpg|thumb|Liptauer prepared with [[Quark (dairy product)|quark cheese]]]]
It is a part of the [[Slovak cuisine|regional cuisines of Slovakia]] (as ''Šmirkás'', a form of the German ''Schmierkäse'' for cheese spread), [[Hungarian cuisine|Hungary]] (''kőrözött''),<ref>{{cite web|title=Körözött, Hungarian appetizer cheese spread |url=http://www.jcu.edu/language/hunghemu/korozott.html |publisher=Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum |access-date=2012-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716223735/http://www.jcu.edu/language/hunghemu/korozott.html |archive-date=2012-07-16 }}</ref> [[Austrian cuisine|Austria]] (''Liptauer''), [[Slovenian cuisine|Slovenia]] (''liptaver''), [[Serbian cuisine|Serbia]] (''[[urnebes]] salata'', "chaos salad"), [[Croatian cuisine|Croatia]], Albania (''liptao''), [[Italian cuisine|Italy]] (especially in the [[province of Trieste]]), and [[Romania]] (especially in [[Transylvania]], where it typically goes by the Hungarian name, ''körözött'').{{Cn|date=August 2021}}

The three main ingredients are spreadable white cheese like [[Quark (dairy product)|quark]], chives and paprika.<ref>{{cite book |last2=Jacob |first2=Jeanne |last1=Ashkenazi |first1=Michael |title=The World Cookbook for Students |publisher=Greenwood |date=2006 |page=56}}</ref> About one third of "traditional" Liptauer consists of [[bryndza]], a sheep milk cheese. Other soft cheeses used include cottage cheese, quark and goat.<ref>Gundel, page 135</ref> These are mixed with sour cream, butter or margarine and finely chopped onions; sometimes beer is added.<ref name="Gundel 1992"/> Usual spices include ground [[paprika]], fresh parsley and whole (or ground) [[caraway]] seeds. Variants add others such as prepared mustard, [[Worcestershire sauce]], [[capers]] and anchovy paste.{{Cn|date=August 2021}}

In Szeklerland and among other Transylvanian Hungarians, [[tarragon]] is also mixed in.