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Traditional Raclette

A dish of melted raclette cheese served with boiled potatoes, pickled pearl onions, cornichons, and crusty French bread.

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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Traditional Raclette

Oven450°F
Timea few minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil potatoes until tender, drain, cut into halves and set aside.

  2. Preheat oven to 450°F.

  3. Trim rind off cheese and cut into 4 even pieces.

Heat and serve

  1. Place one piece onto each of four ovenproof plates.

  2. Heat the cheese for a few minutes until thoroughly melted.

  3. Mix cheese with potatoes, onions and cornichons.

  4. Serve with crusty French bread.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

773Calories
26 gProtein
11 gFat
142 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Onion1 medium (110g)44

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Cheese + potatotop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together959 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Onion + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,676 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Potato + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together434 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Raclette cheese
Melts into a creamy, fluid sauce that coats the potatoes and onions.
New potatoes
Starchy body that holds its shape and soaks up the melted cheese.
Pickled pearl onions
Acidity that cuts through the richness of the melted cheese.
French cornichons
Sharp, acidic crunch that balances the fat of the cheese.
Crusty french bread
Sturdy, crisp vehicle for scooping up melted cheese.

The step that matters

Heat the cheese until thoroughly melted. Heating raclette gently until it is just fluid keeps it smooth and creamy. Overheating makes the fat separate, leaving the cheese oily and grainy.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, potato, bread):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, potato, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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