Parmigiano-Reggiano vs Prima Donna
Parmigiano-Reggiano
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Emilia-Romagna
- Status
- PDO
Parmigiano-Reggiano is a hard cow's-milk cheese from a defined zone in Emilia-Romagna and a small part of Lombardy. Wheels are aged at least 12 months, and many are much older.
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.