Raclette Grilling and a Giveaway

Since I am originally from Wisconsin,

THE DAIRY STATE,

I am an avid cheese fan and if you love cheese

like I do, a Swiss Raclette Grill is

the toy of choice.

Friends gave us this Swissmar Raclette Grill

 last year and we were having a party

so we decided to get a second one so that

everyone could be in on the grilling and

cheese melting fun.

This was our friend party for

Valentine's Day last week.

We set up two long tables in the

dining room with two Raclette grills

down the center so everyone was within easy reach.

The Swissmar that we received and then bought

a second one of is the granite topped one.  You can

see it here in the picture.  The heating element is

under the granite.  Food can be placed on top

of the heated granite and food or cheese can be

placed in the little handled pans under the element

to melt the cheese.

Traditional Raclette cheese is available at

our local Harmon's grocery store, but we

found that it is fun to have all kinds of

melting cheese to choose from.

We served 

Raclette

Smoked Gouda

Buffalo Cheese (Costco)

Cave Aged Cheddar (Costco_

Blue Cheese

Mozzarella

and

Brie.

Traditional foods to pour the melted

cheese over are potatoes and pickles.

I have to say that the pickles were one of

my biggest surprises - I love melted cheese

over dill pickles - who knew?

  I also fell in love with cheese

over grilled mushrooms.

We also served grilled chicken,

beef meatballs (cut in half so they don't roll off)

bratwursts, sliced salami and another thinly sliced

sausage.

Flatbread and toasted baguette slices

are the perfect bed for your melting

luscious cheeses.

 A helping of steamed broccoli,

boiled cubed potatoes, dill pickles

and sliced mushrooms covered the

vegetable options.

This is a lot like a fondue party but you

have many cheesy options and everyone

is cooking their own, top side and

under side.  

The stone cleans up easily and the little

grill pans clean in the dishwasher.

This is a fun appliance for a party and

hubby and I have heated it up just for the

two of us quite often this winter.

If you haven't had Swiss Raclette,

we highly recommend it for family and friends.

Click here for my giveaway for

two sets of these adorable

Teacup Cupcake Cups (sets of 8 each).

The giveaway ends Monday, Feb. 16, 2015

at midnight so enter soon.

I will be posting this with

Mosaic Monday

Metamorphosis Monday

I got my second Swissmar Raclette Grill

on Amazon and with Amazon Prime the

shipping was free.