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After an active day exploring the mountains, your appetite will yearn for a satisfying meal \u2013 and Alpine cuisine presents an ideal answer! Just four hours of walking in the mountains can burn up no less than 2,500 calories, and in cold weather, you use even more energy \u2013 it increases by 100 calories per hour as your body tries to keep warm! Rich, cheesy Alpine food is the perfect way to make sure you are well-fuelled during your stay!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are seven popular Alpine dishes that you have to try during your mountain holidays: raclette, fondue, tartiflette, crozets, po\u00eal\u00e9e montagnarde, g\u00e2teau de Savoie and tarte aux myrtilles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Raclette, a superb mountain speciality<\/h2>\n\n\n
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A bit of history<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This sociable mountain speciality goes back to the Middle Ages, in the Valais mountains in Switzerland. The word \u201craclette\u201d comes from the word \u201cracler\u201d, meaning to scrape, and was first used in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, raclette cheese was melted on a flat stone that was placed near the oven. Once it started to bubble, the cheese was scraped off with a wooden spatula and used to top potatoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dish was usually part of a celebration, and although we now associate raclette with the winter season, it was traditionally eaten during the mid-August festivities, when the first raclette cheeses were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This speciality has become very popular in recent years. A traditional recipe of the mountains and winter, it\u2019s a great sharing dish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to prepare it<\/h3>\n\n\n
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You\u2019ll need a few ingredients if you want to cook a good raclette. Traditionally, this dish is served with potatoes, cold meats and, of course, raclette cheese. However, you could also add other elements, such as gherkins or salad. Nowadays, there are some variations on the recipe to make it lighter \u2013 for example, you could swap cold meats for vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose potatoes with thin skins and firm flesh. This way, you won\u2019t need to peel them and they won\u2019t collapse when you cut into them. Take your cheese and cold meats out of the fridge a little while before the meal, so that it has time to come up to room temperature. This will help the cheese melt and make the meat more tasty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mountain speciality is best served with a good glass of dry white wine, or a red such as Mondeuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best places to eat Raclette<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you want to eat raclette, you have several choices \u2013 you could go to a restaurant or perhaps visit a cheese farm, where they will prepare the dish for you and rent out the equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are two restaurants you can try on your Alpine holiday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n