Get that retro feel with raclette
Many consider raclette a 90s classic, and in a massive comeback, it's now hotter than ever. This charming table grill puts your guests in charge of their own meal, enabling them to cook and combine their own favourite ingredients. Entertaining, social, and of course delicious!
Raclette - more than just melted cheese
Raclette simultaneously refers to both a kind of cheese and a dish, both hailing from the mountainous area between Switzerland and France. This dish is more than 400 years old, from a time when shepherds in the mountains would cook cheese over the bonfire and spread it onto pieces of bread. The word itself derives from the French word "racler", which means "to scrape".
These days, the open fire has been ditched in favour of an electric grill, vastly increasing the potential of the dish with the passage of time. The raclette grill comes with smaller pans used to melt cheese, while you can fry meat, onions and other ingredients on the top griddle. The exciting thing about raclette is the sheer variety it offers, allowing you to explore and mix ingredients to your heart's content, whether you prefer various types of cheese, meat or vegetables.
Social cooking
The best thing about raclette is arguably how it allows you to cook at the table. Each person melts their own cheese and cooks their own sides. Thus, everyone gets to choose exactly what they wish to eat, and how well done they would like their food. Allow your guests to choose between various vegetables and kinds of meat, letting them try out various combinations.
You might also want to consider experimenting with cheeses, for example giving cheddar, gouda or gruyère a try in addition to proper raclette cheese. If you feel like bucking tradition, you could also consider blue cheese and brie. The sky's the limit with raclette, so why not give your taste buds that nostalgic trip to the nineties?
