Handkäse mit Musik or a Hessian speciality

This is for me childhood. The sourmilk cheese is nearly fat free, high in protein and was the cheapest cheese available then.

The music is the special treat to get the cheese more palatable, because you add oil and vinegar, onions and caraway seeds to it.

The "music" comes long after eating, when the raw onions start the tune.

Eaten on a good slice from a loaf of German bread with butter was and still is a treat for me.

The cheese is no longer cheap and the tradition that this combo is served in Biergartens and Summerrestaurants is dying out. You only find it in Hessian, outside the state is unknown.

Traditionally served with apple wine or cider.

Ingredients:

250 sour milk cheese or Handkäse

1 medium onion

1 tsp caraway seeds

1/2 tsp paprika powder

Salt and pepper

4 tbsp grapeseed oil - never use olive oil

3 tbsp cider vinegar