Description
Artisan Leyden cheese naturally matured for sixteen to eighteen weeks
This matured Leyden cheese (boerenleidse) is made from raw milk and is unique in its kind. Traditional Leyden cheese, a raw milk farm cheese with cumin according to an age-old recipe, in an artisanal way.
Because this cheese is made from skimmed milk, it is a 30+ cheese, so it is nice and lean. The added cumin gives the cheese its own characteristic taste. It is a dry cheese, with little salt and a touch of sourness.
This traditional Dutch cheese is made according to centuries-old tradition from the milk of the blister head cow (Blaarkop koe). From the 17th century onwards, farmers in the polders around Leiden began keeping large numbers of Blaarkop cattle, after discovering that their milk produced exceptionally delicious butter and cheese. People also praised the meat for its refined taste.
Rare old Dutch breed
The Blaarkop cow, an old Dutch cattle breed, now faces endangerment. In the Netherlands, people have registered only about 2,000 purebred animals—fewer than the number of pandas in the world!
Only 12 recognized cheese farms, all located in the Leiden region of the Netherlands, produce Boeren Leidse Cheese, a recognized regional product.
Artisan Leyden Cheese
Leyden cheese 30+: Matured 4 months.
PRODUCT CODE: 2000000053899.
BRAND NAME: Craxi Queso.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: The Netherlands (South Holland).
TYPE OF MILK: Cow’s milk (Blister head).
TREATMENT: Raw milk.
TYPE OF CHEESE: Boeren Leidse.
TYPE OF RENNET: Natural.
CURING TIME: 4 months.
Visit our cheese shops in Malaga or order our 4-month-aged artisanal Dutch Leyden cheese online in a 500 gram wedge or in a 1 kilo wedge.
We freshly cut and vacuum seal your online cheese order on the day of dispatch. We also add cheese paper to the box. A refrigerated transport service delivers online cheese orders directly to your doorstep in the Spanish peninsula and Portugal.
If you would like to order matured farmer’s cheese with cumin as indicated below, please contact us.
WHOLE CHEESE WHEEL: Weight ± 9 /10 Kg.
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