Gouda vs Prima Donna
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.
Prima Donna
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Country
- Netherlands
Prima Donna is a brand of cow's milk cheese from the Netherlands. Makers built it to join a creamy Dutch body with the nutty savory taste people expect from an Italian hard cheese. The paste is pale gold, close, and supple on younger wheels. Longer aging makes it firmer and more savory, and small crystals can appear. It is a trade name, not a cheese from one Dutch town.