Farmhouse Leyden Cheese, matured
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€ 12,93
Leyden Cheese is the cheese for you if you like cumin or caraway seeds, because one or other is always mixed into the curd.
This authentic cheese is in The Netherlands knows and 'Leidse kaas' (cheese from the city of Leiden). The cheese is made in flat wheels of varying sizes and carries the city's symbol of two crossed keys.
Our farmhouse version of the Leyden cheese has artisanal characteristics and is spicier than the normal non farmhouse version.
It has a natural yellow rind which may be waxed or be rubbed with annatto to give a deep orange-red color.
The paste is similar to Gouda cheese but scattered with seeds. It smells and tastes strongly of cumin or caraway, intensif...
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Leerdammer
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€ 12,59
The Leerdammer brand officially saw the light of day in 1977, but its history is much older.
In 1914 Cees Boterkooper bought a small dairy in Schoonrewoerd, a rural town not far from Leerdam, and a tradesman named Bastiaan Baars had a small cheese shop in a nearby village. The paths of the cheese-maker and the shopkeeper finally crossed in 1970, when together they decided to develop a new type of cheese differing from the famous Goudas and other Emmentals; Leerdammer was born.
It is a cow's milk cheese with holes and a natural, delicate crust.
It is also naturally rich in calcium and contains less salt and fat than traditional Gouda....
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Prima Donna leggero
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€ 8,84
Prima Donna leggero is a high quality, low fat cheese made according a traditional recipe.
Maturing Prima Donna leggero has an outstanding taste for a low fat cheese; the maturing of the cheese is performed to perfection. The cheese gets all time, piece and quiet to mature.
Prima Donna leggero is a kind of cheese that distinguishes itself within the 30+ cheese segment. Not just the recognisable bright blue cheese label, but also its taste and applications make Prima Donna leggero a quality cheese, after an authentic domestic recipe.
Wholeheartedly you can recommend Prima Donna leggero for Mediterranean cooking, but also on a sandwich or as snack. Prima Donna leggero gives many ever...
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Cantenaar
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€ 11,02
The Dutch Cantenaar cheese is a delicious cheese that contains 40% less fat and 25% less salt.
The flavor can be described as delicately sharp, sweet with hints of nuts. The maturation time is 4 months.
The specific production process of the Cantenaar results in a cheese with fine white spots in the paste of the cheese. These spots are protein crystals which are characteristic of this cheese.
When you give this cheese a try, you will find out that lower fat and salt content can be tasty!
Did you know that Cantenaare as a winner of the Gold Award in the World Cheese Awards 2007 in the UK in the Reduced Fat Hard Pressed-Category....
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Texel Sheep Cheese
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€ 17,89
The Texel Sheep Cheese is a worthy Dutch alternative to the Italian Parmesan Cheese.
The history of the Texel Sheep cheese dates back to 1567, but around 1850 the production of cheese on the Dutch Island plummeted. Lamb meat was more lucrative than sheep cheese and after World War II, almost all cheese farms disappeared.
In the early 1980s the production of this artisanal cheese revived and the gourmet cheese is back on the shelves.
A whole Texel Sheep Cheese weighs approximately 4 to 5 kgs and matures for at least 6 months. The rind of this special cheese is frequently rubbed with vegetable oil.
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