This product has a round shape and is made in the French departments of Savoie and Haute Savoie, but also in some municipalities of the departments of isère and EN.

"Savoyard raclette" was circulated in the specified territories in the middle Ages – then the shepherds used it as a "grilled cheese" melting near the burning firewood semicircle of cheese.

Cheese got its name only in the early 20th century, the word raclette comes from the French verb racler means "to scrape", "scrape". In this case we are talking about the fact that the melted cheese is scraped away from the frying pan to spread it over the potatoes in the plate.

It is worth noting that the "Savoyard raclette" has become 239-m of protected geographical name in the list of products manufactured in France.

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