Name: Raclette
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Raclette cheese (E) or another good melting cheese such as Gruyere, Vacherin, Tomme de Savoie, Comte, Reblochon, Fontina would all work.; Charcuterie (E) such as salami, saucisson, dry cure hams and garlic sausage; Pancake batter (E) for tabletop machines that have a pancake griddle; Sweetcorn (O); Fresh eggs (O); Cornichons/gherkins (E); Boiled Potatoes (E); Pickled onions or silverskin onions (E); Diced tomatoes (O); Strasbourg sausages (cocktail sausages/frankfurters) (O); Bacon or lardons (O); Diced onions (O); Mushrooms (O)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lavender & Lovage

By Karen Burns-Booth

Published 2019

About

A raclette is great fun and meat eaters and vegetarians can sit at the same table to enjoy a meal. The main components for a raclette meal are as follows:

Ingredients

Ingredients for a raclette and pancake party

E = essential and O = optional

Raclette cheese (E) or another good melting cheese such as Gruyere, Vacherin, Tomme de Savoie, Comte, Reblochon, Fontina would all work.

Method

I also like to have a big bowl of salad on the table as well as lots of crusty bread. I am famous for my raclette parties. You can sit at the table for hours, cooking and chatting, drinking and melting cheese. It’s tactile, it’s unique and it’s a wonderful way to sit down with family and friends rather than slaving over a hot oven when they can all slave over a hot grill instead. You can host t