twaróg
/twˈɔɹɔɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She covers regional versions, ancient recipes, traditions and the stories that lie behind them, alongside contemporary iterations that are vegan, gluten-free and seasonal – such as spiced pierogi filled with pumpkin, twaróg curd cheese and honey or poppyseed pierogi loaded with a sweet, almond-flavoured filling."
- "The cheese element is the second trickiest thing to get right, assuming you don’t have access to Polish twaróg, which is now fairly widely stocked in larger UK supermarkets, as well as in eastern European specialists. […] Taste testing them all side by side with twaróg, I find the curds of a full-fat cottage cheese the most similar in texture – through it’s lower in fat, you could always mix in a little of the soured cream to add richness."
- "Other regional variations on the cheesecake include the Italian crostata di ricotta (more of a cheese tart in shortcrust pastry), the Japanese, or cotton, cheesecake (a sort of cheesecake-souffle hybrid) and the Polish sernik, a dense cheesecake made with twaróg, a soft cheese available at several UK supermarkets."
- "That said, a true Polish cheesecake is very different. Still creamy and gorgeous like their New York descendants, they’re lighter, crumblier, and based on smooth, churned twaróg, or farmer’s cheese. […] In both traditional and contemporary Polish baking (but the latter, in particular), sweet twaróg fillings are essential to cake culture and yeasted pastries."
Etymology
Usage
Synonyms
tvorog in Polish cuisine