{"id":65269,"date":"2026-08-20T20:29:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/nederlandse-keuken\/boerenkaas-maken\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:29:18","slug":"boerenkaas-maken","status":"publish","type":"dish","link":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/nederlandse-keuken\/boerenkaas-maken\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch farmhouse cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raw milk, on the farm, from the farmer&#8217;s own herd. A protected designation with strict conditions.<\/p>\n<h2>What the rules say<\/h2>\n<p>The milk may not be heated above forty degrees, must come from the farm itself, and the cheese must be made on site. That is set down in European law.<\/p>\n<h2>Why raw milk matters<\/h2>\n<p>Pasteurisation kills bacteria, including those that develop flavour during ageing. A year-old farmhouse cheese therefore tastes noticeably different from factory cheese of the same age.<\/p>\n<h2>The season<\/h2>\n<p>Cheese from summer milk, when the cows are outside, is yellower and different in taste from winter cheese. Cheesemakers point this out themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>The mark<\/h2>\n<p>Boerenkaas carries a round casein mark in the rind with a number. That is the control, and it is visible on a whole wheel.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to buy<\/h2>\n<p>Directly at the farm, or from cheese shops working with fixed producers. The Green Heart has the highest density.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to look<\/h2>\n<p>Farm shops between Woerden, Oudewater and Bodegraven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raw milk, on the farm, from the farmer&#8217;s own herd. A protected designation with strict conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false},"dish-region":[18903],"dish-type":[],"pairing":[],"class_list":["post-65269","dish","type-dish","status-publish","hentry","dish-region-utrecht"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish\/65269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dish"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dish-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish-region?post=65269"},{"taxonomy":"dish-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dish-type?post=65269"},{"taxonomy":"pairing","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restaurant-cafe-bar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pairing?post=65269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}