Sheep's milk gouda with toasted hazelnut, brown butter, and caramel.
Dutch sheep's milk gouda aged 3-6 months. Buttery, nutty, with sweet caramel notes. Semi-hard and creamy. Order online.
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My Lamb-Borghini is a sheep's milk gouda-style cheese from the Netherlands, taking the classic Dutch recipe and swapping in 100% sheep's milk for a richer, deeper read on the style. Aged three to six months, it sits right in that sweet spot where a gouda is firm enough to slice clean but still pliable under the knife, with a buttery color that telegraphs the higher fat content before you even taste it.
The paste is dense and smooth with a creamy give. Flavor leads with toasted hazelnut and brown butter, then opens into the sweet caramel note that's the calling card of a properly aged gouda, here pushed a little deeper and rounder by the sheep's milk. There's none of the sharp pull you'd find in an aged cow gouda at twice the age, which is part of the charm.
This is a gouda for people who already love the style and want a softer, sweeter, more decadent version of it. The waxed rind keeps the moisture in, so every slice tastes as fresh as the day the wheel was opened.
Firm but still pliable under the knife, with a buttery give that softens on the tongue. Breaks cleanly without crumbling.
Mid-weight flavor that leans sweet and nutty rather than sharp. The sheep's milk gives it a richer pull than a standard cow gouda without crossing into pungent territory.
A sweet caramel note holds on the back of the palate for a good beat after the swallow, then fades clean.
Buttery cream notes through the middle, a softer dairy register than a fresh cheese but still very present from the sheep's milk fat.
Toasted hazelnut and brown butter run through the paste, the signature gouda-style sweetness pushed deeper by the sheep's milk.
Clean and dairy-forward with no mushroom or barnyard pull.
No piquancy or peppery bite. This is a sweet, mellow gouda style.
Waxed rind
Rind is wax, inedible.
Sheep's Milk Gouda stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.
The caramel and nut notes echo a tawny port or a malty amber ale, and a slightly off-dry Riesling lifts the sweetness without competing.
The sweet caramel side of the cheese loves a fruit pairing with some acidity to balance, and honey or quince paste pushes the nuttiness forward.
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