[Sca-cooks] Raclette (was Re: Irish/Scottish cheese mixup)

[Elaine Koogler]

As I said in an earlier post, I have seen the raclette ovens advertised in
the catalogues you mention...they were the type with the little pans that
you slide inside and the grill on top.

Kiri
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The other kind is an octagonal or hexagonal machine, and it contains eight
or six little nonstick wedge-shaped trays with handles.  The trays are all
contained inside this thing, under another electric heat source.  You pull
the trays out when the cheese is done; this is very convenient because you
get little single servings, and lots of people can eat at once (kind of like
an elaborate fondue set).  There's sometimes also a griddle on top of the
machine, so you can cook meat or veggies at the same time.  (it gets
*really* hot.)  I haven't seen either of these in the States; my parents
have one of the octagonal ones, but they brought it back from France.  Then
again, some of the fancier kitchen shops like Sur la Table or
Williams-Sonoma might carry them...and failing that, just buy a piece of
raclette, and taste it both raw and melted; it makes a killer grilled cheese
sandwich :-)

Vittoria