Raclette

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.

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