Cultured Palate: International Dishes from Switzerland

Jordana Weiss | June 20, 2018

Raclette

A raclette dinner is one of the most quintessentially Swiss meals of all time and has been a popular culinary tradition for centuries. Raclette cheese is native to the Alpine region and was always formed into wheels, so it was easy for farmers and shepherds to carry around. This led to the tradition of workers placing it next to the fire each night and scraping the melted part on to slices of bread for a quick, hearty meal.

Many Swiss chefs maintain that an open fire is the only way to melt raclette, and large raclette dinners are popular in the winter time. Wedges of raclette are placed next to a flame, and as the cheese melts, it’s scraped off on to bread or boiled potatoes, and eaten accompanied by cold meats and gherkins, washed down with Swiss white wine.

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