South Holland / Utrecht · Netherlands
Boerenkaas.
Boerenkaas shatters between your teeth with a crystalline crunch before melting into waves of salted butter, roasted hazelnuts, and candied stone fruit. The raw milk reveals itself in complex layers—a whisper of meadow grass and caramel sweetness that deepens as it ages, building toward an almost savory, umami-rich finish that lingers long after the cheese has dissolved.
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The story
How it's made.
Why it tastes that way.
Boerenkaas (farmer's cheese) is the raw-milk farmhouse version of Gouda, produced by approximately 600 farms across the Dutch polders.
It must be made from raw milk of the farm's own cows and is substantially more complex than factory Gouda. The tradition of Dutch farmhouse cheesemaking dates to the medieval period.
Production · spec
- Milk
- Cow · raw
- Family
- Hard
- Rind
- natural
- Age
- 4–24 mo
- Intensity
Tasting profile
What it tastes like.
Caseo's flavour axes are calibrated against reference cheeses. This is Boerenkaas's fingerprint.
Aroma
Nutrition · per 100g serving
What's in a wedge.
A 100g serving — about a finger-thick wedge. Daily values use the FDA 2020 reference of 2,000 kcal. Expect ±5% variation between wheels.
Estimated values — based on similar cheese family data
Pairings · Caseo curated
What goes with Boerenkaas.
27 pairings across 9 categories.
Wine
Beer & Cider
Where to find it
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