Gouda vs Russian cheese
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.
Russian cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Russia
- Place
- similar to German Tilsiter
Russian cheese is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese made in Russia. English labels use that plain name, and Russian speakers call it Rossiysky syr. Dairies across the country make it from pasteurized milk, so it is a style, not the product of one farm. The paste is pale yellow, elastic, and dotted with small irregular holes. A wax coat or a tight film usually covers the outside.