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German · Main course · 45 min

Saxon Quarkkeulchen (potato and quark fritters)

Golden-fried fritters of potato and quark with raisins and lemon, served with apple purée and cinnamon sugar.

As of: 11 October 2026

Saxon Quarkkeulchen (potato and quark fritters)

Ingredients

servings
  • 600 gboiled jacket potatoes from the day before (or freshly boiled and well cooled)
  • 450 glow-fat quark
  • 180 gplain flour (a little more if the dough is too wet)
  • 70 gsugar
  • 1egg
  • 1 pinchsalt
  • ½organic lemon, grated zest
  • 60 graisins or currants
  • 4 tbspclarified butter or oil (for frying)
  • 400 gapple purée (to serve)
  • —cinnamon and sugar (for sprinkling)
Time
40 min active · 45 min total
Difficulty
easy

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Preparation

  1. Peel the potatoes and grate finely or press through a potato ricer.
  2. Work with the quark, flour, sugar, egg, salt and lemon zest into a dough that must not be wet. Add a little more flour if needed and work in the raisins last.
  3. With your hands, shape the dough into small, flat fritters.
  4. Heat the fat in a frying pan and fry the fritters in batches over a medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Not too hot, or they brown too quickly on the outside and are not cooked through inside.
  5. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and serve with apple purée.

Drink with it

  • Sweet wine · excellent match

    Riesling Spätlese

    The residual sweetness carries the cinnamon sugar and apple purée, the lively acidity keeps the frying fat in check, and apple and citrus notes build a bridge to the lemon zest.

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  • Wheat beer · good match

    Hefeweizen

    Fruity yeast aromas and soft carbonation suit cinnamon, apple purée and quark.

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  • Fruit liqueur · good match

    Apple or apricot liqueur, cold or on ice

    Fruity sweetness mirrors the apple purée and raisins, and the cold keeps the fritters light.

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