Jason Permenter

[From the Wikipedia entry for ‘Raclette’] “The Raclette cheese round is heated, either in front of a fire or by a special machine, then scraped onto diners’ plates…. Traditionally, it is accompanied by small firm potatoes… gherkins, pickled onions, dried meat…sliced peppers, tomato, onion, mushrooms, pears, and dusted with paprika and fresh-ground black pepper.

A modern way of serving raclette involves an electric table-top grill with small pans to heat slices of raclette cheese in….The cheese is brought to the table sliced, accompanied by platters of boiled or steamed potatoes, other vegetables, charcuterie, and perhaps seafood. Diners create their own small packages of food by cooking small amounts of meat, vegetables and seafood on the griddle. These are then mixed with potatoes and topped with cheese in the small, wedge-shaped coupelles that are placed under the grill to melt and brown the cheese.”

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