Handkäs’ mit Musik – Hand Cheese with Music - A Greater Frankfurt Region Speciality, Germany

Pictures: Handkaes' Producer Manfred Seuss, Kaesehaus im Hessenpark, at the 2014 Apfelwein Weltweit in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Handkaese is a German regional sour milk cheese. It is a culinary speciality of the Frankfurt am Main region. It gets its name from the traditional way of producing it: forming it with one's own hands. It is a small, translucent, yellow cheese with a pungent aroma that many people find unpleasant. It is sometimes square, but more often round in shape.

Handkaes’ mit Musik is served in a dressing of vinegar and oil, topped with chopped onions and caraway seeds, plus bread and butter. The “Musik” refers to the "gas" that raw onions usually generate.

Picture: Handkaes' mit Musikat Weinhaus Bluhm in Mainz, Germany

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While Apfelwein is traditionally served with Handkäs’ mit Musik, dry white wine is preferred in the wine drinking areas, i.e. Rheinhessen and Rheingau.

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