Raclette
The Goat is of Swiss descent. So it’s always fun to try out a Swiss dish like raclette. I suppose raclette is basically the same as fondue. The difference is…
you melt your cheese on a rock over a fire pit.
Raclette is actually the type of cheese. I guess it’s pretty hard to find, but it’s basically the same as gruyere or emmentaler. The stone sits just a few inches above the burning logs. The flame is pretty small but the logs are smoldering.
A lot of the fun here is kicking back around the fire pit and watching the cheese melt and the sausages cook. These are Eckrich smoked sausages and they go great with the cheese.
As with fondue, you want some fixings to go with it. We’ve got roasted red potatoes, some crostini, pickles. You can pretty easily come up with things that would go well with cheese. Roasted veggies would be a nice addition too.
Load up your plate with the fixins and once the cheese has melted start mixing it all together.
In my view, it doesn’t get much better than a forkful like this with sausage, potatoes and cheese on a spring evening at the farm.