[Video] How Traditional Dutch Gouda Cheese Is Made

[Video] How traditional Dutch Gouda cheese is made

Did you know that every year, 650 million kilos of Gouda cheese is made in the Netherlands? That's a lot of cheese! However, there are only two farms that make Boeren Goudse Oplegkaas, or aged artisanal Gouda, a special type of raw-milk farmhouse cheese that must weigh at least 20 kg, age for at least two years and can only be made in the summer.

Cheesemaker Marije van der Poel shows how they make this particular type of cheese in this "grate" video from YouTube channel Food Insider:

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Manja van Kesteren

Manja studied English and Creative & Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. She has worked as a professional writer for a number of international companies in the Netherlands. A...

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