Raclette of an open fire, with the big piece of cheese facing the heat. One then regularly scrapes off the melting side. Or by a specific oven. It is accompanied by small firm potatoes (Bintje, Charlotte or Raclette varieties), cornichons (gherkins), pickled onions, and dried meat, such as jambon cru/cuit, salami, and "viande des Grisons", and to drink, Kirsch, herbal tea or white wine from a swiss vineyard a Fendant (wine from the Chasselas grape). A modern way of serving raclette involves an electric table-top grill with small pans, known as "coupelles", in which to melt slices of raclette cheese. This
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