Hey, I'm from Switzerland. Y'know... that tiny little country near France, Italy and Germany. It's a country famous for its chocolate and swatches. :)
One of my favorite Swiss-french dishes is melted raclette cheese. In french, the verb "racler" means to scrape. So raclette cheese is scraped off once it's melted. My family enjoys it with cornichon pickles.
I'm sure a lot of you have tried swiss (cheese) fondue, right? Well, branch out a little and try raclette.
Happy Holidays!
2006-12-15 16:00:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
How do you make it?
You go out and buy raclette (a little pricey, but worth it) and melt it on a raclette machine/grill.
It looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/T-Fal-7822700-8-Tray-Swiss-Style-Raclette/dp/B0000645Z6/sr=8-3/qid=1166246757/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-1404816-5884924?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden
Or you could melt it in a pot over a fire and scrap it off with a fork and eat it. My family did that once when the electricity went off in our house. That was the best time ever. It somehow just tasted better.
Besides cornichon pickles, it is also good with watermelon rinds. And so you don't get sick of the cheese too easily it's good to eat some potatoes every now and then.
:)
2006-12-15 16:31:48 · update #1
Huh. I wasn't aware that was a Swiss dish. I've eaten that for years. The first time I had that was at a state fair in SC.
It is nice to know where it came from.
Bright Blessings!
2006-12-15 16:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by speranzacampbell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raclette is a wonderful dish like so many other Swiss specialties. But whenever i think of my stays in that perfect country, i always remember the killer-tasting pork bratwurst and frites, roestti - Swiss food i missed most. Bon appetite mon ami.
2006-12-16 06:53:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been to Switzerland. Nice country:) Interlaken, Jungfraujoch, Schilthorn.
2006-12-16 00:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds tasty ... I'll try it 2moro maybe.
2006-12-22 20:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by k k 72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O.k I'll try it but how do you make it?
2006-12-16 00:22:34 · answer #5 · answered by love2bake&eat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks much. I will give it a try.
2006-12-23 14:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by Mani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋