Christmas Eve Dinner- Raclette!!

On Christmas Eve our family ate one of our favorite meals.... Raclette, which is french for "to scrape". It consists of raclette cheese, petite potatoes, cornichon pickles and cocktail onions, and of course, plenty of baguettes to go along with it. You melt the Raclette cheese over the little burner in the middle of the table and pour or "scrape" it over the potatoes, pickles, and onions. The combination of flavors is so delicious and unique. Mike also prepared different sausages to go along with it, which satisfies Phil's need for a "beefier" dish :) Grandma made the table extra beautiful with linens she purchased in Europe. It was so beautiful and added to the ambiance of the evening!
This meal is much more than a tasty, palette pleasing experience, it runs deeper than that. for me, it brings back wonderful memories of spending time with my family in Europe and eating this dish in both Switzerland and France. I want to take Phil and the kids there someday to eat it in the European setting, which brings this meal "to life". Bon Appetit!