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This is a list of
cheeses from, or connected with, the
Netherlands.
Dutch cheeses
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Beemster – a hard cow's milk cheese, traditionally from cows grazed on sea-clay soil in
polders.
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Boerenkaas – "farmhouse cheese", prepared using raw unpasteurised milk.
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Edam – a red-waxed semi-hard cows' milk cheese named after the town of
Edam.
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Graskaas – "grass cheese", a seasonal cows' milk cheese made from the first milkings after the cows are let into the
pastures in spring.
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Gouda – a semi-hard cows' milk cheese traditionally traded in
Gouda, now often used as a worldwide
generic term for Dutch-style cheese.
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Kanterkaas – "edge cheese", a hard cheese produced in Friesland, with variants flavoured with cumin and cloves.
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Leerdammer – a trademarked
Emmental-style semi-firm cows' milk cheese.
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Leyden – a cows' milk cheese flavoured with cumin and caraway seed.
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Limburger – a soft cheese with a distinctive smell, traditionally from the area of the former
Duchy of Limburg.
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Maaslander – a trademarked Gouda-style cheese made in
Huizen.
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Maasdam – an Emmental-style semi-firm cows' milk cheese.
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Nagelkaas – "clove cheese", flavoured cows' milk cheese from Friesland.
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Parrano – a trademarked Gouda-style semi-firm cheese.
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Prima Donna – a similar style of cheese trademarked by a different company.
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Roomano – an aged, hard cheese with a lower butterfat percentage than other Gouda-style cheeses.
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Rotterdamsche Oude – a trademarked 36 to 100 weeks aged, hard Gouda cheese
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Vlaskaas – "flax cheese", a firm, yet creamy texture and a sweet, sharp flavor.
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