Gouda vs Parrano
Gouda
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Netherlands
- Place
- Gouda
Gouda is a pressed cow's-milk cheese named for the Dutch city. Young Gouda is mild, supple, and often sealed in wax. Aged Gouda is hard, deep, and full of crystals.
Parrano
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Country
- Netherlands
Parrano is a branded cow's milk cheese made in the Netherlands. The make follows Gouda, with a smooth semi-hard paste, but the flavor is nuttier than a very young Dutch wheel. Sellers present it as a cheese with an Italian temperament and a Dutch body. It slices, shreds, and melts, so it moves from a board to a pan without a fuss. The paste is pale gold and close textured, and it is not built around large eyes or a pungent washed rind.