When it comes to wintry, filling and comforting dishes, this raclette pizza recipe from Fabien Rius (@Pizza.Cornicione) is hard to beat. Based in La Rochelle, France, Rius has always been a pizza lover, but it wasn't until he managed a pizzeria in 2018 and recruited and worked with an Italian pizzaiolo that his obsession fully bloomed. Since then, he’s worked on his Neapolitan pie skills, sharing protocols and fillings from the most classic to some truly original flavour profiles with his online community–including this decadent pizza.

With a combination of raclette cheese (a mild cheese from the Swiss Alpine region that’s perfect for melting), mozzarella, potatoes and grapes for a touch of sweetness, there are plenty of nods to the traditional French (or Swiss, depending on who you ask) winter dish of the same name. 

Traditionally, the cheese is melted in a small raclette grill, then poured on top of hot potatoes and served with white and cured ham, other deli meats and dill. Raclette parties are often held after skiing in the Swiss Alps, but we think this pizza would be good anywhere on a chilly night. 

Decadent and delicious, for our recipe we added cream cooked with wild garlic, mozzarella or fior di latte, raclette, potatoes and (after cooking) shredded speck and a handful of black grapes. Salty, savoury, sweet and tasty, this classic French dish with a Neapolitan twist is sure to be a guest favourite.