Kanterkaas vs Leyden
Kanterkaas
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Netherlands
Kanterkaas is a hard cheese from the Netherlands, made from cow's milk. The name uses the Dutch word for an edge, because the wheel has a sharp corner where the side meets the base. The top of the wheel is more rounded. Plain cheese tastes savory and grows sharper as it ages. Two spiced relatives sit in the same family, one with cumin and one with cumin and cloves.
Leyden
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Netherlands
Leyden is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from the Netherlands, flavored with cumin and often with caraway. The spices show as dark specks in a pale, supple paste, and the taste is savory rather than sweet. A natural rind covers the wheel, which slices cleanly for bread or a board. It is a Dutch spice cheese, not a plain Gouda with seeds on the side. The Dutch name Leidse kaas and the word komijnekaas both point to the same style.