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A traditional Savoyarde dinner – Raclette is a hard cheese that is melted and scraped onto new potatoes. Served with charcuterie and a green salad.

The dish Raclette is found on most menus throughout the Savoyard region of France and especially in the mountains. The Raclette cheese hails from many regions closely connected, Switzerland, the Haute Savoie and Savoie region of France. It also has a Swiss/German history dating back to 1291 and was known as ‘roasted cheese’. It is a large round semi-firm cow’s cheese in the shape of a wheel that is used for melting. It is normally about 6kg in size.

Les Gets Restaurant Guide by Taste of Savoie

Les Gets Restaurants

November 28, 2015December 23, 2021 Caro 2 Comments Alba, Bellevue, Chez Nannon, eating out in Les Gets, Ferme Auberge de Freterolles, French Alps, French cuisine, L'Outa, La Croix Blanche, La Paika, La Pela, La R'mize, La Taniere, La Tourbillon, Le Belvedere, Le Chasse Montagne, Le Grand Ourse, Le QG, Le Vaffieu, Le Vieux Chene, Les Copeaux, Les Gets, Les Gets Restaurant Guide, Les Gets Restaurants, Restaurants in Les Gets, Restaurants Morzine, Restaurants Portes du Soleil, taste of savoie, Vina Annapurna Les Gets, wild beets kitchen, wild beets kitchen les gets

Les Gets is a wonderful traditional Savoyard village in the Haute Savoie, a tree-lined mountain ski resort that is part of The Portes du Soleil and a year round MUST visit village in the French Alps with so much to offer the whole family. Alpine skiing in winter, Cycling in summer, 18 hole golf course, lake, beautiful hiking. There are numerous good restaurants in Les Gets and here are a few of our favourites…

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Ferme Auberge de Fréterolles, Morzine, Haute Savoie

July 28, 2014February 18, 2019 Caro 6 Comments Alps, Auberge de Freterolles, Chalet de Fréterolles, cheese, Col de Coux, fishing lake, food, France, French Alps, French cuisine, Fromage, Haute Savoie, jambon cru de Savoie, Lac Mines D'or, Lake in French Alps, Morzine, restaurant, Rhone Alps, Rhône-Alpes, Samoens, Savoyard, Savoyard food, Savoyarde, Sights of Savoie, taste of savoie, Tomme de Savoie

When I set off on a summer hike in the Lac Mines D’or area of Morzine, I did give some thought to where we might find lunch, however, I had no idea that we would stumble upon the family-run Auberge de Freterolles

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