Hard & aged Cow’s milk

Leyden

also called Leidse kaas · Komijnekaas

Gouda’s spiced cousin, packed with cumin and caraway seed.

Drawn by the app from this cheese’s own record — paste, rind and texture come from the data, not a stock library.

Made from partly skimmed milk with cumin — and often caraway — kneaded through the curd. Farmhouse wheels carry two crossed keys, the arms of the city of Leiden, pressed into the rind.

The seeds do most of the work: warm, aromatic and slightly bitter against a dry, salty paste. Traditional versions are made by treading the curd by foot, which is exactly as it sounds.

Tastes of

cumin caraway salt dry milk

Put it next to

Genever Dark bread Bock beer Mustard