A Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted and served on boiled potatoes or bread.
A raclette melting machine is used for making the popular Swiss dish raclette. Originally raclette was prepared over an open flame, but with the raclette melting machine one can have the dish made indoors. The dish raclette is cheese heated over the flame or machine and then scraped onto ones plate. It is then served traditionally with potatoes, pickled vegetables, breads and/or meats.
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Currently, you can purchase Raclette Cheese online for about $12.99 a pound. Of course, they will always get you with the shipping, but from my experience, that is cheaper than when I find it (IF I can) in stores.
One can buy a Raclette grill from where they are available for prices between $30 and $140. One can also get them from Walmart, eBay, Target and from Sears.
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They sell it over the counter at Waitrose stores.
Switzerland
Alpine cheese being a specialty, several cheese dishes are very popular in France and elsewhere:The fondue savoyarde (cheese fondue)The raclette (melted slices of raclette cheese over potatoes), from the Swiss AlpsThe tartiflette (baked dish of potatoes and reblochon cheese)
Raclette Cheese is different than other cheeses because this cheese is made by each individual that is enjoying a party with friends and made in special pans with different vegetables depending on the individuals taste. Other cheese are made then purchased at a store and brought home or to a friends home.
Raclette is the most popular cheese dish in the Savoy region of France.
The word raclette means "to scrape" and that is how the cheese is eaten. The original herdsman would put a wheel of the cheese above the campfire where it would melt. As it did, they would scrape off the top layer of melted cheese to eat before the rest could melt. In Switzerland, some still melt it over a campfire. However, now there are also raclette machines and grills that are used for melting the cheese. There are special utensils for scraping up the melted cheese and applying it to the desired foods. Read more: What Is Raclette Cheese? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5045798_raclette-cheese.html#ixzz23FNrrBDu
The famous potato dish from Switzerland is Rösti.there is a also raclette, which contains cheese and potatoes.