Fontina vs Raclette
Fontina
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Aosta Valley
- Status
- PDO
Fontina on this page is Fontina Val d'Aosta, a cow's-milk cheese from the Aosta Valley, and a protected cheese. The rind is washed. The paste is elastic and smells of the cellar.
Raclette
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Switzerland
- Place
- Valais
Raclette is both a cheese and the dish of scraping melted cheese onto potatoes. The name comes from the French racler, to scrape.