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    Home » Cheese Types » What is Butterkäse Cheese Good For?

    What is Butterkäse Cheese Good For?

    Published: Jul 16, 2022 by Eric Samuelson

    Find out what you can use Butterkäse cheese for. How does it taste? Is it good for melting for grilled cheese or mac & cheese? And where you can look for it.

    4 types of Butterkase cheese blocks (Roth, Hook's Sheep Milk, Cedar Grove, and Sassy Cow) are sitting on a white table with spots along with some fresh cherries, a small cutting board, and a piece of burlap.

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    I love visiting Wisconsin. The main reason has to be the cheese.

    With the amount of choices of cheese there, I would need to live there for years to try them all!

    One cheese that I find in Wisconsin that I don't see as often elsewhere is Butterkäse. I stocked up on it during our last trip to Madison. And now I want to teach you all about it.

    Jump to:
    • 👅 What Does It Taste Like?
    • 🍐 What is It Good For?
    • 🥪 Grilled Cheese
    • 🍴 Mac & Cheese
    • 🐑 Sheep's Milk
    • 🛒 Where to Buy
    • 🧀 Learn About
    Sassy Cow Creamery Butterkase cheese sitting on a white table with spots along with fresh dark red cherries.

    👅 What Does It Taste Like?

    Butterkäse is a mild cheese with a buttery like flavor and texture. It's aged for just 1 month. The name is German and it means "butter cheese". I don't think it could have a more appropriate name. I sampled 4 different brands of Butterkäse with various levels of sharpness of flavor but all still very mild.

    Some Butterkäse has annatto (used commonly to color cheddar) added to it to give it more of a yellowish color. Some is just pure white. It depends on what the producers decide.

    It's a softer cheese than cheddar. Cheeses that are the most similar are mild Brick, Muenster, or Havarti. I would say that it has more flavor than Mozzarella.

    🍐 What is It Good For?

    If you want to melt some cheese then Butterkäse has to be a cheese you consider. It's a beautiful melter for pizza, grilled cheese, mac & cheese, etc. It works as a cheese for a cheeseboard with fruit. It's great to pair it with an aged cheddar to have that contrast in texture and flavor.

    It's a wonderful cheese for kids to just eat as it's mild enough for their young taste buds. Don't forget the crackers!

    My daughter holding one half of a grilled cheese sandwich so you can see the cheese melted inside.

    🥪 Grilled Cheese

    I wanted to put the melting abilities of Butterkäse to the test in the simplest way possible - a grilled cheese sandwich. My daughter made one up. She loves making the herself and she is a fan of this cheese for grilled cheese. I didn't think that the cheese was as stringy as other cheeses when they melt, but still melts perfectly fine.

    A spoon full of mac & cheese made with Butterkase cheese. The spoon is being held above the pot of mac & cheese.

    🍴 Mac & Cheese

    This is a great cheese to use to make mac & cheese with. But I think it's one that you want to pair a stronger cheese with. Try mixing half sharp cheddar and half Butterkäse. The cheddar will provide a punch of flavor and the Butterkäse with bring the creaminess. If you have a strongly flavored Gouda cheese that can work as well in the same ratio.

    Hook's Sheep Milk Butterkase cheese sitting on a white table with spots.

    🐑 Sheep's Milk

    I was super excited when I found a Butterkäse made with sheep's milk instead of cow. The one I found is made by Hook's, who have won the World Championship for their Colby cheese, so I was confident it would not disappoint.

    I really enjoyed this particularly Butterkäse. It's different than the other ones I have tried. It reminded me of the popular Manchego cheese that is also made from sheep milk's but with a texture more like Butterkäse. It's a bit harder and drier than the cow milk ones, but not too much.

    A grocery store display with chunks of Butterkase cheese from Roth Kase.

    🛒 Where to Buy

    In Wisconsin this cheese is all over the place. But outside of it, you may need to hunt around more. If you are lucky to have a Kroger store with a Murray's cheese counter, you can find Butterkäse in it, normally made by Roth Kase. I have seen that same cheese carried by Whole Foods Market.

    A chunk of Roth Butterkase cheese sitting on a small wood cutting board surrounded by fresh cherries.
    This is one of our favorite types of Butterkäse.

    Here is our list of stores you should look in. I can't guarantee each store will have it, but these are ones I have on record for carrying it at some point. At some places it may be a seasonal item.

    • ALDI (in slices)
    • Albertsons
    • Central Market
    • Hy-Vee
    • Meijer
    • Kroger
    • HEB
    • Pavilions
    • Publix
    • Safeway
    • Stop & Shop
    • Vons
    • Wegmans
    • Woodman's
    • Whole Foods Market

    Boar's Head makes a Butterkäse cheese, so look for it in stores that carry their products, such as Publix in the south. In the past, Sam's Club carried an Oktoberfest sliced cheese pack that contained Butterkäse.

    You also may be able to order it from Amazon.

    Where have you found Butterkäse cheese? Leave a comment below letting us know. Thanks.

    🧀 Learn About

    Want to learn more about cheese? Check out these posts

    • Brick Cheese
    • Muenster Cheese
    • Colby vs. Cheddar
    • Where to Buy Squeaky Cheese Curds
    • Panela Cheese
    • Manchego vs. Mahon
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