Cheese Fondue
Dec 18, 2022 10:05 AM
We’re keeping it retro and cheesy today. Pull out your skewers, because it’s time for Cheese Fondue! This post covers how to make cheese fondue at home, from the kinds of cheese to use to what to dip in fondue.
- Hosting friends for fondue is a fabulous way to celebrate the holidays as a group.
- You can also make this recipe for a special occasion, Christmas dinner, or New Year’s Eve.
- Though it sounds fancy, this fondue is shockingly simple to prepare. (Can you stand at a stove and stir? Excellent! You can make cheese fondue.)
- It feels like a special treat.
- It is welcoming and cozy.
Fondue is exactly what I’d serve my guests at my charming Swiss chalet to warm them from the chilly alpine air if, you know, I owned a Swiss chalet.
Besides being creamy, wonderful, and indulgent in the best possible “this is so worth it” kind of way, fondue also makes for stimulating dinner table debate.
One of the guests drops a dipper into the pot—is it the person to the right or to the left she’s supposed to kiss when the breads slips from the fork? Discuss.
Ingredients:
For the fondue:
- 1/3 pound firm alpine-style cheese such as gruyere
- 1/3 pound fontina
- 1/3 pound gouda
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup dry white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon brandy
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
Assorted fondue dippers:
- Boiled baby new potatoes in their skins quartered if large
- Lightly steamed broccoli florets
- Lightly steamed cauliflower florets
- Lightly steamed asparagus
- Button mushrooms wiped clean and stems removed
- Cherry tomatoes
- Sliced firm apples such as Granny Smith
- Cooked sliced hot sausage
- Cubed French, sourdough, and/or pumpernickel bread
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