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Dutch cheeses. Beemster – a hard cow's milk cheese, traditionally from cows grazed on sea-clay soil in polders. Boerenkaas – "farmhouse cheese", prepared using raw unpasteurised milk. Edam – a red-waxed semi-hard cows' milk cheese named after the town of Edam. Graskaas – "grass cheese", a seasonal cows' milk cheese made from the first ...
Gouda cheese (/ ˈ ɡ aʊ d ə / ⓘ, US also / ˈ ɡ uː d ə / ⓘ, Dutch: [ˈɣʌudaː] ⓘ; Dutch: Goudse kaas, "cheese from Gouda") is a creamy, yellow cow's milk cheese originating from the Netherlands. [1] It is one of the most popular and produced cheeses worldwide.
There are currently five cheese markets operating in the Netherlands – Woerden, Alkmaar, Gouda, Edam, and Hoorn. Each of these was once a merchant cheese market in operation during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. Today, the markets still function as farmers' markets for cheeses in addition to hosting dramatic re-enactments of sales ...
Limburger. Limburger (in southern Dutch contexts Rommedoe, and in Belgium Herve cheese) is a cheese that originated in the Herve area of the historical Duchy of Limburg, which had its capital in Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, now in the French-speaking Belgian province of Liège. The cheese is especially known for its strong smell caused by the bacterium ...
Edam ( Dutch: Edammer, [ˈeːdɑmər]) is a semi-hard cheese that originated in the Netherlands, and is named after the town of Edam in the province of North Holland. [ 2] Edam is traditionally sold in flat-ended spheres with a pale yellow interior and a coat, or rind, of red paraffin wax. Edam ages and travels well and hardens, instead of ...
Maasdam cheese ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːzdɑm]) is an Emmental-style Dutch cheese. Made from cow 's milk, it is aged for at least four weeks. It ripens faster than other cheeses made in the Netherlands. Maasdam has internal voids, or holes from the ripening process, [ 2] and a smooth, yellow rind. Sometimes, it is waxed like Gouda.
Related media on Commons. Leerdammer ( Dutch pronunciation: [leːrˈdɑmər]) is a Dutch semihard cheese made from cow 's milk. It has an ageing time around 3–12 months. It has a creamy white texture and was made to be similar in appearance and flavor to Emmental. Its sweet and somewhat nutty flavour becomes more pronounced with age.
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