Gruyère vs Raclette
Gruyère
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Switzerland
- Place
- Fribourg
- Status
- AOP
Gruyère is a hard cow's-milk cheese from western Switzerland, centered on the canton of Fribourg and a defined neighboring zone. A true Swiss Gruyère has few holes, or none.
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.