Raclette (/rəˈklɛt/) is a Swiss^[1][2][3] dish, also popular in Savoie (France), based on heating cheese and scraping off the melted part. Raclette du Valais is a Swiss cheese marketed specifically to be used for this dish.

History[edit]

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Dished of melted cheese were mentioned in medieval texts from Swiss convents as early as 1291.^[4] Melted cheese was originally consumed by peasants in the mountainous Alpine regions of the cantons of Valais and Fribourg (Switzerland), and Savoie and Haute-Savoie (France). It was then known in the German-speaking part of Switzerland as Bratchäs, or 'roasted cheese'. Traditionally, cow herders carried cheese with them when they were moving cows to or from pastures up in the mountains. In the evening, the cheese would be placed next to a campfire for softening, then scraped onto bread.^[dubious]

In Switzerland, raclette is typically served with potatoes, cornichons, pickled onions, black tea, other warm beverages, or Fendant wine. A French popular option is to serve it with white wine, such as Savoy wine, but Riesling and pinot gris are also common. Traditionally, it is consumed with black tea, since warm beverage supposedly improves digestion.^[5]

In Switzerland, a scraper continuously serves all in the restaurant from an oven placed in a separated table or near a wood fire. In France, restaurateurs often place a raclette oven directly on the table. In that case, the scraping is to be done by the guests.

Dish[edit]

Raclette is a dish indigenous to parts of Switzerland. The raclette cheese round is heated, either in front of a fire or by a special machine, then scraped onto diners' plates.^[6]

Traditionally the melting happens in front of an open fire, with the big piece of cheese facing the heat. One then regularly scrapes off the melting side. Some restaurants that serve raclette use a heat lamp to substitute for the open fire, with the cheese being put under the lamp as the customer orders and the melted cheese scraped off, as in the traditional method. The melted cheese is accompanied by small firm potatoes (Bintje, Charlotte or Raclette varieties), cornichons (gherkins), pickledonions, and dried meat, such as jambon cru/cuit, salami, and viande des Grisons, and to drink, Kirsch, black or herbal tea or white wine from a Valais vineyard (a Fendant wine from the Chasselas grape).^{[citation needed]}

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 new way has been used since the 1950s. Generally the grill is surmounted by a hot plate or griddle. In Switzerland the electrical raclette is called 'raclonette'. The device is put in the middle of the table. The cheese is brought to the table sliced, accompanied by platters of boiled or steamed potatoes, other vegetables and charcuterie. These are then mixed with potatoes and topped with cheese in the small wedge-shaped coupelles that are placed under the grill to melt and brown the cheese. Alternatively, slices of cheese may be melted and simply poured over food on the plate. The emphasis in raclette dining is on relaxed and sociable eating and drinking, the meal often running to several hours. French and other European supermarkets generally stock both the grill apparatus and ready-sliced cheese and charcuterie selections, especially around Christmas. Restaurants also provide raclette evenings for parties or dinners.

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The 'vercouline' is a raclette in which Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage is used. In Franche-Comté, the Bleu de Gex (or 'Bleu du Haut Jura) and Morbier, both PDO are used as variants.

See also[edit]

• Fondue, a different Swiss dish based on cheese melted in a pot

References[edit]

1. ^'Raclette'. MySwitzerland.com. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
2. ^'Raclette'. BBC Food. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
3. ^'Switzerland - Daily life and social customs'. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
4. ^'La raclette'. Raclette-suisse.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
5. ^'Zurich study settles longstanding fondue beverage debate'. dw.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
6. ^'Raclette – another classic for cooking with fire'. Texas Oven Co. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

Russian Roulette is a 1975 British-Canadian thriller film directed by Lou Lombardo and starring George Segal, Cristina Raines and Denholm Elliott.

Plot[edit]

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Shaver (George Segal), a disgraced former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, receives an offer to keep an eye on a Latvian dissident during an upcoming visit to Vancouver by a renegade Soviet Premier in exchange for eventually being reinstated to the force. However, upon accepting the assignment, he finds himself engulfed in a KGB conspiracy to kill the premier during his visit and must clear his own name.

Cast[edit]

• George Segal as Cpl. Timothy Shaver
• Cristina Raines as Bogna Kirchoff
• Bo Brundin as Col. Sergi Vostick
• Denholm Elliott as Commander Petapiece
• Gordon Jackson as Hardison
• Peter Donat as Insp. Peter McDermott
• Richard Romanus as Raymond Ragulin
• Nigel Stock as Ferguson
• Val Avery as Rudolph Henke
• Louise Fletcher as Midge
• Graham Jarvis as Bension, RCMP
• Constantine Gregory as Samuel
• Jacques Sandulescu as Gorki, KGB Goon
• Wally Marsh as Taggart
• Hagan Beggs as Kavinsky

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Production[edit]

The film was the directorial debut for Lombardo, who is noted primarily as a film editor. It was adapted from Tom Ardies' novel Kosygin Is Coming. It was filmed primarily in Vancouver, where the story also took place.

Release[edit]

After being released theatrically in 1975, the film was released to home video on VHS in 1986, and on DVD by Shout! Factory in October 2013 as part of a double feature with Love and Bullets, a Charles Bronson thriller originally released in 1979.^[1]

References[edit]

1. ^Hodgson, Mark A. (June 23, 2009). 'Russian Roulette (1975) - not on DVD'. Black Hole Reviews. Retrieved 2012-01-14. Director Lou Lombardo indulges the cast to throw in improvised dialogue to add to the realistic feel. The best example is a scene where Segal tries to get an old lady to remember a really important message. The worst is his throwaway line to a traumatised Raines in the middle of a car chase, 'How do you feel, killing a man?' Sometimes his comedy touch makes the film a little lighter than the subject deserves.

External links[edit]

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• Russian Roulette on IMDb