Easy Raclette

Cheese and potatoes are popular partners. Try this updated version of a traditional Swiss idea.

Heat an easily melted type of cheese and serve it on boiled potatoes, with pickled cucumbers as a complete meal. I use New Zealand-made Raclette cheese which has the texture and aroma, when heated, of cheese used to make Raclette in Switzerland.

I heat slices of this cheese in small shallow microwave dishes until soft and bubbly at the edges. Use amounts to suit yourself.

I sometimes boil the potatoes conventionally or microwave them before the cheese.

Ingredients

• 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) potatoes
• cheese
• 1/2 cup (125 ml/4 fl oz ) water for new potatoes,
• 1/4 cup (60 ml/2 fl oz) for main-crop potatoes

Cooking Process

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1. Cut scrubbed, scraped or peeled potatoes into even-sized pieces. (smaller pieces cook more quickly).
2. Microwave at full power in a covered dish with water ( ration according to new or main-crop potato type), 6-8 minutes.
3. Allow 2-3 minutes standing time. (if potatoes shrivel they have been overcooked)

Note:

Cook more potatoes and more cheese than you think you will need as they are very popular! Heat cheese in a hot oven or under a grill if preferred.

Bon Apetite!