A fondue is a collective meal with a pot at the centre of the table. Pieces of food are either cooked in the pot, or dipped into a prepared sauce in the pot.
Raclette (Meal)
Raclette (Meal)
Raclette is both a cheese, and a meal based around the cheese. For information about the cheese, see Raclette Cheese. This entry is about raclette as a meal made at the table. It consists of a large piece of raclette cheese. You cut the rind off the cheese first so the cheese can melt easily,…
Raclette Cheese
Raclette is a semi-soft cheese, with a mild, slightly nutty taste. It is off-white in colour, with minute air bubble holes in it. It is “designed” to melt well. In fact, heating raclette makes its flavour come alive.
Raclette Jurassienne
Raclette Jurassienne can mean two things: raclette cheese made in the Jura region of Switzerland, or the meal itself, but using a local blue cheese as the cheese.
Swiss Fondue
Swiss Fondue © Denzil Green Swiss fondue is a heated cheese sauce into which boiled potatoes or chunks of leftover bread are dipped into the cheese sauce. The cheese sauce is often made from two cheeses, usually gruyère and Emmenthal, though in some areas of Switzerland, Vacherin cheese is used in place of both. Depending…