What cheese can you use in place of raclette?

cant get raclette anywhere in this town so i need an altternativeWhat cheese can you use in place of raclette?
Gruyere, Vacherin, Tomme de Savoie, Comte, Reblochon, Fontina or Emmenthal ( at a push ) would all work in place of Raclette.



Basically you want an Alpine cheese which melts well. Vacherin, Tomme de Savoie and Reblochon would be my top choices.
Fontina D'Aosta, young Vacherin Fribourgeois, Beaufort, Gruy茅re, Appenzeller, Hoch YbrigWhat cheese can you use in place of raclette?
Any semi-firm, salted cheese made from cow's milk.
For those of you who haven't a clue, perhaps I'd better explain what it is.

Raclette is essentially melted cheese, served over boiled potatoes with lots of ground black pepper, accompanied by small pickled onions and gherkins.

The name comes from the French verb "racler", to scrape, because of the way the melted cheese is scraped off the block.

In the days when the cheese was held in front of an open fire and before the modern, poncey machine was invented,



Any semi-hard or firm cheese can be used, your local one is best.

English cheeses include Cheddar, Gloucester, Wensleydale even Caerphilly and blue Stilton or Derby.What cheese can you use in place of raclette?
For those who REALLY don't know, raclette cheese are slices of cheese that is mixed with other ingredients and cooked on a small cooker called a Raclette. They are very popular here in France, you can buy all sorts and flavours of raclette cheese but if you cant get the real mc coy then any processed cheese will do, in fact any cheese will do. Love mine cooked in those little trays with raclette cheese, bacon, blue cheese, chopped olives and sliced onions.
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