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Renowned for its rich, creamy versatility, Gouda undergoes a stunning transformation with age. The soft, sweet, mild cheese of its youth matures into a masterpiece of texture and taste, turning firm and crumbly, typically with crunchy protein crystals, and developing an intensely sharper profile rich with caramel notes.

Discover a Gouda for every palate here, with our harvest table spread

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Woolworths has four gouda types that get infinitely more complex in the aging process, so every age has a story – and every one has a Gouda cheese to find and fall in love with:

• 2-month matured ‘Young’ Gouda is creamy, mild and buttery. Pair it with fresh pears, green apples, sourdough and fresh lemonade with mint and a green apple juice.
• 6-month matured ‘Mature’ Gouda is rich, rounded and nutty. Pair it with fig preserves, charcuterie and peach iced tea and light kombucha.
• 10-month matured ‘Extra Mature’ Gouda is complex with caramel notes. Pair it with caramelised onions and toasted mixed nuts with premium non-alcoholic ginger beer.
• 20-month matured ‘Vintage’ Gouda is crystalline, intense and savoury. Pair it with honeycomb, roasted hazelnuts, fresh figs, balsamic glaze and tonic water with orange peel or sparkling mineral water with grapefruit.

Loaded gouda fries

Use Gouda in your cooking – and with a dish that celebrates the flavour profiles of every block in the range. These crispy, golden fries are drenched in layers of velvety cheese, and topped with bacon bits and more fried crispy curds for the moreish loaded cheese fries.

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From the first creamy bite to the last crumbly morsel, every age of Gouda invites you to taste something extraordinary. Whether you're building a showstopping cheese harvest table or piling those droolworthy loaded fries high, there's a Gouda for every moment, and every bite is worth the wait.

Find more gouda recipes here

Recipe and production: Bianca Strydom 

Food assistant: Chevonne Fourie

Photography: Jan Ras

Videography: Romy Wilson and Kaylene Sauls

From young and creamy 2-month Gouda, to richly matured and beautifully complex 6-, 10- and 20-month, discover the full Woolworths’ Gouda range crafted for every taste and every moment.

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