The EASIEST Way to Host a Raclette Dinner Party

Raclette cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: mozzarella

Low-fat cheese reduces calories while maintaining meltiness.

cured meats

🥗Healthier: grilled vegetables

💰Cheaper: smoked tofu

Grilled vegetables provide flavor without meat.

pickles

🥗Healthier: fresh vegetables

💰Cheaper: sliced cucumbers

Fresh vegetables add crunch and freshness.

Set up a tabletop grill, preheating it for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Use a granite top for the grill, adjusting the temperature as needed.

Prepare the table with regular plates, forks, knives, and napkins.

Boil small potatoes until tender, then keep them warm with a lid.

Clean mushrooms by brushing off dirt and slice them into small pieces.

Slice homebaked sourdough bread into pieces.

Pre-slice onions and place them in a bowl for serving.

Prepare garlic cloves, noting that cooking garlic mellows its flavor.

Select cold cuts from a deli or packaged selection, such as a Spanish variety.

Use pre-sliced Raclette cheese, noting that it can be found at Trader Joe's.

Offer an alternative cheese like Fontina for those who may not like Raclette.

Once potatoes are cooked, place them in a bowl for serving.

Set the table with cold cuts, butter, potatoes, tomatoes, bread, Raclette cheese, and dill pickles.

Demonstrate placing cheese in the grill tray to melt, optionally adding butter and sautéed onions.

Scrape melted cheese directly over the boiled potatoes for serving.

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