Holy Trinity Melange from Marieke Gouda

Holy Trinity Melange

This award-winning gouda features an aromatic flavor base with green bell pepper, celery, and onion. Pair with: white wines, brown ale, apples, and dried pineapple.

Enjoy this month's Cheese of the Month video with our Chef Maya as she talks to Marieke about this cheese, pairings, learn how this cheese went to Hollywood, and what it means to be a farmstead and the importance of the cows care in cheese production.

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Gouda Cheese ~ One of the Most Popular Cheese in the World

It is a mild-flavored and semi-hard cheese. One of the reasons it has a more mild flavor palate than other cheeses is due to how it’s processed. The cheese curds are “washed” with warm water to separate them from the whey. Washing the cheese curds improves the overall taste of the cheese, making it less “stinky” than other cheeses. It is also what gives it a more mild taste.

FROM HOLLAND TO AMERICA

MARIEKE PENTERMAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE NETHERLANDS where she grew up on her parents’ 60 cow dairy farm. This is where her passion for dairy cows and dairy farming began. After getting her Bachelor’s Degree in Dairy Business, Marieke started a career as a farm inspector. In the meantime, her, then, future husband, Rolf Penterman, emigrated to Thorp, WI, and started a 350 cow dairy farm in May 2002. Thorp, with a vast dairy base and farm-friendly people, was an ideal location. Marieke followed Rolf a year later. Once in the United States, she missed the cheese from back home and began researching how to start her own business. Marieke decided to get her Wisconsin Cheesemaking License. She worked with a local cheesemaker and traveled back to her home country where she trained alongside two different cheesemakers throughout the week. There she learned how to make authentic Dutch Gouda cheese.