Live Fire Raclette

• 1 pound small yellow or red potatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 large cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
• Sprigs of fresh thyme
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 large wedge cheese
• Summer sausage, sliced
• Prosciutto
• Mini sweet bell peppers, rinsed, halved, and seeded
• 3 large Cosmic Crisp apples, rinsed, cored, and sliced
• 1 baguette, sliced and arranged in a basket
• 6 individual cast iron skillets

Light the wood fire and allow the flames to die down to a bed of hot coals. Split potatoes in half and place them in 6 foil packets. Drizzle with olive oil and season with garlic, thyme, salt, pepper, and paprika. Fold foil packets to seal and place them in the coals. Cook until the potatoes are knife tender.

Once the potatoes are cooked, place wedges of cheese on the cast iron skillets and position them near the fire so the cheese begins to melt. As the cheese begins to melt, transfer several potatoes onto each skillet along with sausage, prosciutto, apples, bell peppers, and baguette.

To serve, use a knife to scrape melted cheese from the wedge and dip potatoes, meats, peppers, apples, and baguette into the cheese. Return the skillets near the fire as needed so the cheese continues to melt.

Yield: 6 servings