Obazda
Bavaria
5-10 Minutes
This Obazda recipe is a piquant mixture of cheese, butter and paprika powder and part of any decent snack in southern Germany. Originally, Obazda was a way to process overripe cheese still tasty.
We still had cheese left and show you how you can make delicious Obazda itself.
This Obazda recipe is a piquant mixture of cheese, butter and paprika powder and part of any decent snack in southern Germany. Originally, Obazda was a way to process overripe cheese still tasty.
We still had cheese left and show you how you can make delicious Obazda itself.
Make Obazda yourself – The Bavarian Obazda recipe
Obazda is a piquant mixture of cheese, butter and paprika powder, which was invented in the 1920s by a landlady from Freising. Today, the Obatzter, Gerupfte, Angemachte or whatever the cheese mixture is called is part of every sensible snack in southern Germany.
Obazda means as much as „Pressed“ and exactly that is this pressed and mixed cheese mixture. Actually, the original Obazda was created because people wanted to utilize overripe soft cheese. As some of you probably know, after a while this starts to smell and taste very intense.
To soften this taste a bit, the ripe Camembert or Brie was mixed with butter and paprika powder, so that even not so hard-boiled fellow citizens could still enjoy a hearty snack.
With a hearty snack fresh Obazda may not be missing
By the way, strictly speaking, we are not allowed to call our cheese mixture Obazda, because we are not in Bavaria. Because since 2015, the name is protected and the real Obazda must come from Bavaria. Therefore, my cheese creation is also only a ogmachter Kas (dressed cheese). Well, what the heck.
So for all in Bavaria, we now have an Obazda recipe, for all others (the Preißen) a recipe for a delicious cheese mixture of southern German-style 😉
Ingredients for the Obazda (4 Portions)
- 250g ripe soft cheese
- 50g soft butter
- ½ onion
- 2-3 tsp paprika powder
- salt and pepper
- caraway seeds & chives (optional)
At the end of the article, you will find the recipe additionally for printing.
Ingredients for the Obazda
Preparation of the Obazda
The basic recipe for the Obazda is actually very simple and consists only of butter, soft cheese and paprika powder. But there are many variations, including with cream cheese, chives or wheat beer. Here you can be creative according to taste.
1. First, cut half the onion into very small cubes. Then crumble the soft cheese in a bowl.
Mix the ingredients to a fine Obazda
2. Mash the cheese and mix it with the rest of the ingredients. Depending on how creamy you want your Obazda, add a little more or less butter. Season the cheese cream with salt and pepper and then put it in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours to infuse.
3. To serve, you can dress your Obazda with chives and fine onion rings. Enjoy your meal.
Homemade Obazda with ham and pretzels
Homemade Obazda – Our conclusion
Obazda is an effortless dish and our family loved our homemade creation, so we will definitely make this recipe again. Probably next time we will add a little less onions because they taste quite intense.
By the way, you should eat your Obazda on the same day, otherwise the onions become bitter. How would you prepare your Obazda? Maybe with some cream cheese and beer? Tell us in the comments.
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The easy Bavarian Obazda recipe
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 250 Gramm Soft Cheese like Brie or Camembert ripe
- 50 Gramm Butter soft
- 1/2 Onion
- 2-3 ts Paprika powder
- Salt & Pepper
- Caraway Seeds & Chives optional
Instructions
- First, cut half the onion into very small cubes. Then crumble the soft cheese in a bowl.
- Mash the cheese and mix it with the rest of the ingredients. Depending on how creamy you want your Obazda, add a little more or less butter. Season the cheese cream with salt and pepper and then put it in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours to infuse.
- To serve, you can dress your Obazda with chives and fine onion rings. Enjoy your meal.
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