Tableside Cheese Meal

Name: Tableside Cheese Meal (Raclette)
Prep time: 5 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 6 h
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: Raclette cheese (see Notes); boiled mini potatoes; sliced ham (typically cooked, smoked ham); sliced ham (typically cooked, smoked ham); Garlic butter (I always start by putting some in the bottom of my raclette pan—it makes all the difference.); Salami (Not traditional, but THE KIDS LOVE IT.); Fresh pineapple, cut into bite-size pieces (Raclette Hawaii!); Bell pepper, cut into bite-size pieces; Tomatoes, cut into small pieces, or cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; Tomatoes, cut into small pieces, or cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; Tomatoes, cut into small pieces, or cherry or grape tomatoes, halved; Onions, small diced (Just have extra handy. We like to use them a lot.); Store-bought marinated mushrooms (Good for grilling, as they don’t always heat through in the raclette pan.); Canned corn (It’s my sister’s favorite.); Crusty, white bread, like Weizenbrötchen (I love sliding the hot, melty contents of my raclette pan onto a slice of bread.); Crusty, white bread, like Weizenbrötchen (I love sliding the hot, melty contents of my raclette pan onto a slice of bread.); Crusty, white bread, like Weizenbrötchen (I love sliding the hot, melty contents of my raclette pan onto a slice of bread.); Salad greens and herb vinaigrette from Gemischter Salat; Salad greens and herb vinaigrette from Gemischter Salat; Salad greens and herb vinaigrette from Gemischter Salat; Quark Dips (They make the best sauces for meat and potatoes—the curry-date quark pairs well with pork and shrimp, while the spicy pepper quark and the chive quark go with any meat.); Quark Dips (They make the best sauces for meat and potatoes—the curry-date quark pairs well with pork and shrimp, while the spicy pepper quark and the chive quark go with any meat.); Quark Dips (They make the best sauces for meat and potatoes—the curry-date quark pairs well with pork and shrimp, while the spicy pepper quark and the chive quark go with any meat.); Quark Dips (They make the best sauces for meat and potatoes—the curry-date quark pairs well with pork and shrimp, while the spicy pepper quark and the chive quark go with any meat.); Quark Dips (They make the best sauces for meat and potatoes—the curry-date quark pairs well with pork and shrimp, while the spicy pepper quark and the chive quark go with any meat.); 2 boneless thin-cut pork loin chops, trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces; 1 shallot, finely chopped; ¼ teaspoon dried thyme; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon ground allspice

Raclette

Preparation info

Yield
1
raclette dinner

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
6 hr

Appears in

German Home Kitchen

By Sophie Sadler

Published 2025

About

I can’t remember a Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve without raclette on the table. The ultra-cheesy tableside dinner experience is popular in Germany because everyone gets to eat whatever they want—the only rule being that everything gets smothered in melted cheese. Raclette is the Swiss cheese that gives this traditional Swiss meal its name. While the Swiss keep it simple—melting the cheese on a grill and scraping it over boiled potatoes and vegetables—we use a raclette grill, which has a s

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Europe
Germany
Main course
Vegan
Gluten-free
Christmas
New Year

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