Quark (dairy product) considered to be different types of fresh cheese, while in Eastern Europe cottage cheese is usually viewed as a type of quark (e.g. Russian for cottage cheese is "зернёный творог" "zernyony tvorog", literally "grainy quark"). Quark is similar to French fromage blanc, Indian paneer, and the queso fresco/queijo fresco made in the Iberian Peninsula and in some Latin American countries. It is distinct from Italian ricotta because ricotta (Italian "recooked") is made from scalded whey. Quark is somewhat similar to yogurt cheeses such as the South Asian "chak(k)a", the Arabic labneh, and the Central Asian suzma or kashk, but while
Quark (dairy product) "Magerquark" is often used for baking or is eaten as breakfast with a side of fruit or muesli, "Sahnequark" also forms the basis of a large number of quark desserts (called when homemade or when sold in German.). Much like yoghurts in some parts of the world, these foods mostly come with fruit flavoring ("Früchtequark", fruit quark), sometimes with vanilla and are often also simply referred to as quark. One common use for the quark is in making cheesecake called "Käsekuchen" or "Quarkkuchen" in Germany. Quark cheesecake is called "Topfenkuchen" in Austria. The "Quarktorte" in Switzerland may be equivalent, though