Parrano vs Prima Donna
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.
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.