Meanings
- uncountableA strongly flavoured, rennet-free cow’s-milk acid-curd quark made in the Tyrolean Alp valleys, Austria.
He’s taking part in the event again this year, working wonders with typical mountain ingredients of potatoes, wild herbs, graukäse cheese and bacon.
2024 December 14, Mary Novakovich, “Food-loving skiers flock to this Alpine resort – and it’s easy to see why”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 20242 more examples
At the Bartlerhof farm, visitors can also help owner Regina Berger turn fresh milk into yoghurt, butter and graukäse (Grey Cheese), a Tyrolean speciality.
2016 August 14, Dara Flynn, “A different direction”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17Gather a selection of picnic supplies, perhaps some speck, graukäse (a pungent Tyrolean cheese named after its gray rind), apple cider and a loaf of crusty rye.
2018 August 30, Ingrid K. Williams, “36 Hours in the Dolomites”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018
Origin
- GermanGraukäse
- Englishgraukäse
Unadapted borrowing from German Graukäse.
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