Killeen Farmhouse cheese on a wooden board with a white marble background

Killeen Goat

200g
€8,80
€8,80
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Killeen Goat

Ireland · Galway

Killeen Goat

€8,80
€8,80

Killeen goat cheese is an Irish Gouda style cheese with a dense creamy paste, and toasty hay and caramel notes which develop as it ages. It is gently goaty, and popular with people who may normally avoid goat cheese. A truly great example of Irish artisan cheese making.
ProducerKilleen Farmhouse TypeFirm RennetTraditional RegionGalway MilkGoat RindWaxed
Portion Size: 200g

Cheese guide

Choose the wedge that matches your moment.

  • 160g: serves 2–3, a cheese board pairing.
  • 320g: serves 4–6, a starter or shared plate.
  • Whole (1.2kg): serves 12–16, a centrepiece for entertaining.

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Description

Killeen Goat

What is particularly special about Killeen is that it is delicious when still a young cheese. There is a little sweetness and a lovely floral aroma. It is one of those wonderful cheeses that everyone enjoys: you can put it in children’s sandwiches or on the cheeseboard of a Michelin-starred restaurant. The wheel is covered in a thin layer of breathable wax which allows the rind to develop flavours, whilst the paste is brilliant white. At three months the flavour is fresh, clean and milky, with a very slight lactic note in the finish. The cheese develops more fruitiness as it ages up to five months, and then gradually turns nutty and is quite impressive in the 8-12 month range.
Nutritional Information
Nutrient Per 100g
Energy 1550kJ/374kcal
Fat 29.1g
-of which Saturates 19.25g
Carbohydrate 3g
-of which Sugars <0.1g
Fibre <1g
Protein 24.9g
Salt 1.6
Serving & Storage
Ingredients & Allergens

Goat’s MILK, salt, cultures, rennet, lysozyme (EGG)

For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
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Killeen Farmhouse

Meet Our Producers

Killeen Farmhouse

Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland

Dutch-born Marion Roeleveld has been making Killeen’s goat’s cheese at the Killeen Millhouse outside Portumna since 2005. Before coming to Ireland Marion trained in cheesemaking in her native Netherlands. In-depth formal training of this sort is rare amongst Irish farmhouse cheesemakers and Marion’s technical expertise enabled her to develop cheeses for a number of different producers.

Marion makes a number of different goudas under the Killeen label. In addition to the plain Killeen Goat and Killeen Cow Marion makes a number of flavoured cow’s cheese. Killeen Goat’s is made using milk of her own herd, whilst she buys in cow’s milk from a local farmer. When she started out Marion sold the majority of her goat’s milk and made only a small amount of cheese from the remainder. Increasing demand for her superb Killeen Goat’s eventually led her to stop selling liquid milk and use all it all in cheese production. Sheridan’s in Galway started selling Killeen Goat’s a number of years ago and since then it has gone on to become one of our most popular Irish cheeses.

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