Neither tomme nor reblochon, a cheesemaker gave us a great alternative to replace raclette cheese. Less expensive, but just as good… this cheese will melt you!
That’s it, the raclette season is officially launched. With the return of the cold and the days getting shorter, there’s nothing like a good glass of melted cheese to lift your spirits, rejoice. Unfortunately, in front of the cheese shop’s stall, you are quickly put off by the prices: more than 30 euros per kilo for classic raclette and more than 40 euros per kilo when it is flavored… At this rate, your shopping budget risks melting away as quickly as the contents of your frying pan! So of course, there is a more affordable already cut version in the supermarket, but you find it much less good… You are right on cue: we have found the alternative with the best value for money. It’s a cheesemaker’s secret tip!
Reblochon, Tomme de Savoie, Saint-Nectaire… Many cheeses can be used for raclette. But if there was only one to remember, it would be him, believes this cheesemaker. “I like using it for raclette: it’s soft and it melts really well!», he testifies. We don’t necessarily think about it, because we are more used to eating it as is, on toast, than in a cooked dish. It must be said that this one is very good raw, admits the cheesemaker: “It reveals a creamy flesh with a very sweet milky flavor.“, he describes. The price, too, remains quite low: depending on the brands and the maturations, you can find it around 20 euros per kilo. You can recognize it by its cream-colored flesh and its mysterious black line… This is morbier, a raw milk cow’s cheese from the Jura.
But make no mistake, the black line running through it in no way indicates blue-veined dough. In fact, morbier is not a blue cheese, it is simply marked with vegetable charcoal, an edible ingredient which does not provide any taste, indicates theinterprofessional. In the mouth, it offers delicately fruity and vanilla notes and once in the pan, it melts as well as raclette cheese. You will tell us the news!
With morbier, you keep the deliciousness without adding to the bill. The cheese slips, the perfume rises, the plate becomes empty… and your budget finally breathes. Enough to relaunch the raclette season with a real good plan on hand. The warm evenings are yours, not to mention… just enjoying it.
