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🧀 Melted cheese dish 🍽️ Cheese melting device
raclette

raclette

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A Swiss dish of melted cheese served with potatoes and vegetables
  • noun
  • /ræˈklɛt/
: raclette
  • Have you tried raclette with pickles?
  • Swiss raclette
  • raclette cheese
  • raclette with potatoes

Examples

  • We enjoyed a delicious raclette at the Swiss restaurant.

  • She bought a special grill to prepare raclette for her friends at home.

  • We enjoyed raclette with potatoes and vegetables at the party.

  • The restaurant specializes in serving traditional Swiss raclette during the winter months.

  • We enjoyed a delicious meal of raclette with boiled potatoes and pickles.

  • For our dinner party, we melted raclette cheese and served it over grilled vegetables.

  • Traditionally, raclette is served with a side of crusty bread and a glass of white wine.

Surface Forms

raclette singular
raclette plural

Etymology

Raclette comes from the French verb racler, which means 'to scrape'. The dish is named because hot cheese is melted and then scraped onto potatoes and other foods, so the name matches how you eat it.