Dozens of different raclette recipes
Raclette cheese can be used for far more than “just” classic raclette with a tabletop stove – the gently melting cheese can be used to enhance lots of different dishes to satisfy different appetites thanks to its typical unique flavour.
All of the recipes have one thing in common: raclette cheese adds a special melted texture to any meal. It tastes best when cooked au gratin with a soft, brown crust. Browse our collection of recipes and discover all the wonderful things that you can make with raclette cheese!
Raclette Pizzaiolo
Ingredients
Serves 4 Persons
- Raclette oven and Raclette Pans
- 12 oz Swiss Raclette Cheese (9 slices)
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, cut
- 1 tablespoon oil from dried tomatoes
- 3 dried tomatoes, cut
- 3 tbsp Oregano, chopped
- 3 tbsp parsley, chopped
- Salt pepper
Preparation
Distribute 8 slices of cheese in the Raclette pans. Slice the tomatoes and place them on the cheese.
Cut the remaining cheese into thin strips and set aside.
Sautee the onions and garlic in oil, mix them with dried tomatoes and herbs, spread them in the pans. Season all and put some small cheese slices on the top.
Melt all in the raclette oven.
Recommendation
White bread or cooked potatos fit very well.
"Halloween" Raclette with pumpkin
20 min. preparation, 20 min. total time
Vegetarian
Ingredients
4 servings, 8 raclette pan
- Raclette oven and raclette pans
- 1 small pumpkin or butternut squash, peeled, cut into pieces and cooked
- 1.5 lbs Raclette Suisse® (Swiss raclette cheese)
- Freshly ground pepper
- Salt
Preparation
- Preparation at the table: place raclette cheese slices in pans and let melt
- Spread pumpkin pieces on cheese and season with salt and pepper.
Preparation tip:
You can cover any pan dish with another slice of raclette cheese and grill it.
Serve with boiled potatoes.
Mediterranean Raclette
Vegetarian
Ingredients
Serves 4
- Raclette oven and raclette pans
- 1.5 lbs Swiss raclette cheese, sliced
- 1 bunch of spring onions, sliced
- whole olives
- 1 jar dried tomatoes in oil
- Pepper and paprika
Preparation
Place raclette cheese slices in pans and top with spring onions, olives and tomatoes.
Let melt in raclette oven. Season to taste.
Recommendation:
Serve with boiled potatoes
Raclette with turkey slices, pineapple and peanut chilli pesto
Ingredients
Serves 4
- Raclette oven and raclette pans or small grill trays
- 1.5 oz roasted salted peanuts
- 3-4 tbsp peanut oil
- 1 small red chilli pepper, w/o seeds
- 2-3 cilantro sprigs
- 1 ripe baby pineapple
- 1.5 lbs turkey, cut into thin slices
- 2/3 lbs Swiss raclette cheese, sliced
- Fresh cilantro for garnish
Preparation
Place the peanuts, peanut oil, chilli and cilantro in a deep bowl and use a hand blender to mix into a pesto.
Peel and quarter pineapple and cut away stem. Dice pineapple quarters.
Top turkey slices with cheese, add diced pineapple and let melt in raclette oven. Spread peanut pesto on top and garnish as desired with fresh cilantro.
Recommendation:
Goes well with baguette or farmhouse bread
Raclette-Basic recipe
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 1.5 lbs Swiss raclette cheese portions
- 1.5 lbs boiled potatoes
- Pearl onions
- Gherkins or kosher pickles
Spring ingredients:
White asparagus tips
Raw ham slices
Blanched snow peas
Steamed young garlic
Summer ingredients:
Celery sliced into small stalks and blanched
Blanched lettuce
Basil leaves
Grilled red peppers, cut into strips
Autumn ingredients:
Diced pears
Corn
Grapes
Preparation
Place cheese slices in raclette pans, season to taste with paprika or pepper and let melt in raclette oven. Serve with boiled potatoes, gherkins and pearl onions. For “raclette season”, place the different ingredients in pans, season to taste, top with raclette cheese and let melt in raclette oven. Serve with potatoes.
Swiss raclette with apple chutney
Vegetarian
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 1.5 lbs Swiss raclette cheese, sliced
- Freshly ground pepper
- Paprika
Apple chutney
- 1/2 lbs sour apples such as Boskop, Gravensteiner or Cox Orange, finely diced with the skin
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 2 tbsp currants
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp apple vinegar
- 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger root
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- 1 small chilli pepper, halved and deseeded
- Salt to taste
Preparation
- Dice apples and onions, peel ginger root and grate. Fry gently in a pan.
- Mix in currants, sugar and apple vinegar. Add cinnamon, cloves and chilli peppers. Bring to a boil then let cook 10-15 min. Remove spices.
- Melt cheese in raclette oven and serve with apple chutney.
Cheese in this recipe: Raclette Suisse
Swiss Raclette with smoked duck breast and orange
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 2 oranges
- 1 cup orange juice, if possible freshly squeezed
- 1 tbsp crushed pink pepper
- 1/5 lbs smoked duck breast, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion
- 3/4 lbs Swiss raclette cheese, sliced
Preparation
- Peel and slice oranges with a knife. Simmer orange juice and pink pepper until they become syrupy. Add orange slices and let marinate.
- Peel and finely chop onion.
- Put smoked duck breast and marinated orange segments in raclette pans. Cover with cheese slices and top with a few onion cubes. Cook in raclette oven until done as desired.
Recommendation:
- Goes well with walnut bread, farmhouse bread or baguette.
Cheese in our recipe: Raclette Suisse
Swiss raclette with beef fillet, lemon thyme and celery
Ingredients
- 8 raclette pans
- 1/2 lbs beef fillet, cut into 8 slices
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large celery stalk, finely sliced
- 1/2 lbs Swiss raclette cheese, cut into slices
- A few fresh celery leaves
Marinade
- 2 tbsp red wine
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- 2 tsp lemon thyme leaves
- 1 medium-sized red pepper, seeded and finely chopped or 1 tsp of cayenne pepper
Preparation
- Stir all marinade ingredients together and add fillet slices. Cover and let stand at least 30 min in the fridge.
- Season marinated meat slices with salt, place in raclette pans and brown briefly in raclette oven. Sprinkle with celery stalks, top with raclette cheese and let melt. Garnish with celery leaves.
Cheese in this recipe: Raclette Suisse
Succulent paprika grill pans
Vegetarian
Ingredients
Serves 4
- 8 slices Swiss raclette cheese
- 4 small different-coloured pointed peppers
- 1 tart apple (e.g. Cox Orange)
- 2 spring onions, cut into rings
- 1-2 tbsp fresh marjoram, chopped
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 pinch of cinnamon powder
Preparation
- Halve the peppers and press flat, cut apple into slices and marinate in a mixture of maple syrup, lemon juice and cinnamon for around half an hour. Grill peppers and apples for a few minutes until done as desired.
- Put some spring onions in each grill pan and sprinkle with marjoram, then cover with 2 slices of Swiss raclette cheese for each pan. Top with grilled peppers and apple slices.
- Place pans on hot grill and cook until cheese melts.
Cheese in this recipe: Raclette Suisse