Recipe: Raclette

This is a classic Swiss dinner.  Many people have heard of fondue, but few have heard of raclette.  To eat the raclette cheese, you need to melt it.  For people who eat this dinner frequently, they usually use a raclette grill like the one shown in the pictures below.  If you do not have a grill, you can use a pan on low heat on the stove in the kitchen or a hot plate.

Ingredients:

• Raclette cheese (sliced)
• small potatoes
• bratwurst
• pickles
• cocktail onions
• black pepper

Boil the potatoes until they are soft.  Remove them from the water and put them in a bowl.  Cook the bratwurst on the stove in the kitchen (on the raclette grill, the bratwurst will just keep warm).

This is a social meal if you have a grill to put at the table.  Everyone can take a potato and cut it in quarters.  Melt the cheese on the grill and pour it over the potatoes.  Grind the black pepper over the cheese, put some pickles and onions on your plate, and start the feast!