Old Cumin Cheese

Ingredients of Old Cumin Cheese

Ingredients:
Fat 48+, pasteurized cow's milk, rennet, salt, starter culture, cumin.

The powerful and complex taste of Old Cumin Cheese

Cumin cheese (in Holland known as Komijnekaas) is a centuries-old, traditional specialty in the Netherlands and beloved for its nutty character. Where a young cumin cheese excels in softness, this old variant is reserved for the true lover of spice and character. Our old cumin cheese is given no less than 10 to 12 months to mature peacefully on wooden boards in the traditional cheese warehouse. This extremely long maturation process ensures that a large part of the moisture in the cheese evaporates. The result? A particularly firm, hard, and slightly dry cheese with a highly concentrated and piquant flavor.

During the artisanal preparation process in the cheese dairy, the very best cumin seeds are carefully and generously stirred through the fresh curd. Because the cheese has matured for almost a full year, the essential oils from the cumin have had an extreme amount of time to fully settle into the dairy. As a result, the aromatic, spicy flavor of the cumin is exceptionally well distributed and much more intense than in younger variants. Old cumin cheese stimulates the senses; it is a beautiful, harmonious flavor explosion in which the robust, salty cheese and the spicy cumin perfectly enhance each other. This cheese is truly fantastic to serve in small cubes or chunks with a sturdy glass of red wine or a dark specialty beer. Thanks to its hard structure, it is also ideal to grate fresh over a stew or casserole.

Freshly cut from the wheel for the ultimate cheese experience

At GoudaCheeseShop.com you are always assured of absolute top quality and unparalleled freshness. We do not pre-cut our cheese. Only when we receive your order for the old cumin cheese, do we cut your piece accurately and freshly from the knife from a large, round farmhouse cheese. Immediately after cutting, your cheese is packed tightly and completely airtight in a vacuum. To perfectly preserve the firm texture and the rich, intense aromas of the cumin, we ship your order standard with a cooling pack. This way you are guaranteed to get the very best quality at home. And the big advantage of this professional packaging and the long maturation? As long as you keep the vacuum bag unopened in the refrigerator, the cheese will remain optimally fresh and flavorful for an extremely long time!