Semi-soft Cow’s milk

Raclette du Valais

A cheese named after the act of scraping it off the fire onto a plate.

Drawn by the app from this cheese’s own record — paste, rind and texture come from the data, not a stock library.

*Racler* means to scrape. The half-wheel is set against a heat source and the melted face is scraped onto potatoes as it goes — a herdsman's supper that became a national dish.

The cheese itself is nutty and mildly funky, but the point is what it does with heat: it melts to a glossy sheet without splitting or turning stringy. Cornichons and pickled onions are not optional.

Tastes of

roasted nut butter a mild washed-rind funk

Put it next to

Boiled potatoes Cornichons Fendant Pickled onions