| This is the best recipe I have found for smearcase. I tried at least 25 diff recipes on my own guessing at the ingredients, and came very close but the recipe given here is the real deal. I knew cottage cheese was involved because all of the oldtimers I asked about smearcase immediately said thats cottage cheese (German). The only ingred I has never experimented with was cornstarch so based on my experience you need plenty of cottage cheese, several eggs and cornstarch.
My good friend's mother was raised in East Baltimore and she served it all the time. We found it at Fishers Bakery in Ellicott City MD on the West side of Baltimore. I have looked in at least 500 cookbooks, talked to people in German restaurants and markets and all I get is a blank stare.
When I first visited ASKME the word smearcase was on the first page that opened. I couldnt believe it. God wanted me to have the recipe! |