Beemster vs Graskaas
Beemster
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Netherlands
Beemster is a Dutch cow's milk cheese in the Gouda tradition, sold from young and supple to long-aged and firm. The paste is smooth when the cheese is young, with small eyes that come from the cultures used in the make. Flavor starts sweet and mild, then grows deeper and more savory as the wheel dries. Cow's milk is the base of the familiar wheels. A shop label often adds a style, such as a younger wheel or a mature one, and that cue matters in the kitchen.
Graskaas
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Country
- Netherlands
Graskaas is a young cow's milk cheese from the Netherlands. The name means grass cheese. It is made from the first milk after cows leave winter housing and eat fresh spring pasture. That milk is rich from the new grass, and the cheese made from it is mild, creamy, and a little sweet. It is a seasonal Gouda-style cheese, sold young rather than aged into a hard, sharp wheel for grating.