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[Video] How traditional Dutch Gouda cheese is made

Nov 16, 2019

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:

By Manja van Kesteren