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Mul, calf-present milk from Warmond
Organic whole milk from Blaarkop cows where the calf stays with its mother the first months. From one farmer in a Warmond polder.
The story
Who's behind it
Gerard and Mieke Mul milk at Boterhuys Farm, on the Zijl in the Warmond Boterhuys polder. Their herd includes about 65 dairy cows of the Blaarkop breed, an old Dutch dual-purpose breed you recognize by the white head with dark eyes. The cows keep their horns. Alongside runs a group of about 50 sheep. The farm is organically certified and sits in peat meadow country, so grassland and pasture form the base.
Since January 2022 the family has worked with calf with the cow. The calves stay unlimited with their mother the first three months. What the cows produce beyond what the calves drink, Mul processes into dairy under the name Blije Koe.
Calf first
At Mul the calf comes first. "No one can care for the calf like her mother herself," says Gerard Mul. The calf drinks plenty, and the cows grow up calmer and stay with the herd longer.
For you in the kitchen that means whole milk from one farm. The Blaarkop is a dual-purpose breed: fewer liters per cow, more flavor per liter. All the milk comes from one polder.
In your kitchen
Put the origin on the menu: Blaarkop, organic, calf with the cow, from one Warmond polder. Guests who pay attention to animal welfare see right away what you choose.
Use the milk where it takes the lead, such as in a panna cotta or crème anglaise. Volumes vary with the season, because it's milk from one farm. Plan your dish around that and keep an alternative at hand for peak weeks.
“No one can care for the calf as well as its own mother can.”
Chef’s tip
Use it where milk takes the lead role: panna cotta, crème anglaise, homemade ice cream or a simple milk reduction. Keep cool and use quickly.
How to use it
Ideas for your menu
Panna cotta and crème anglaise
Whole milk as the base. The milk brings its own fat and flavor, so you need little cream.
Homemade ice cream or milk ice
Whole milk from one farm as the base for a round ice cream.
Fresh ricotta or strained yogurt
Let it set or drain and season.
Milk bread or brioche
Milk in the dough for a soft crumb.
For your menu
“Calf-present milk from red-and-whites, Boterhuys Farm in Warmond. Organic; the calf stays with the cow the first months.”
Products from Mul
What we carry from this maker
Calf-present milk
Whole milk, 1 liter bottle. From Blaarkop cows with their calf.
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