We've had ours for only a little while, but it's still in the box and because of me being pregnant and feeling ill a lot Ben missed out on having fondue when we were in Switzerland so I bought it and promised him some but I don't have a recipe.
We have a fondue set and I do chocoloate!! Just melt a block of cadbury milk choc (melt over the flame in the fondue bowl) and I dip in strawbs, banana, peach, pineapple etc and marshmallows!!
We also used to boil oil or water and cook chunks of meat in it and then have sauces to dip the meat in. I haven't done a cheese one though and would be interested to hear some ideas! xo
Rub the inside of the fondue pot with cut clove garlic.
Melt the cheese in the fondue pot over a very low heat.
Stir in milk & seasonings, until slightly thickened & creamy.
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 cups dry white wine
1 tsp lemon juice
2 cups grated emmenthal cheese
2 cups grated gruyere cheese
1 tbsp cornflour
3 tbsp kirsch
white pepper, grated nutmeg and paprika pepper to taste
Rub the garlic into the fondue pot.
Heat the wine with lemon juice gently. Add the cheese gradually stirring continuously in a figure-or-eight motion
When the mixture is bubbling, add the kirsch and cornflour, blended together
cook 2-3 minutes, season to taste.
Rubbing the garlic would be to get a bit of the flavour without it being overpowering. The fondue set wouldn't cook the garlic enough to mellow the flavour, it would still have that 'sharp' raw taste. Rubbing it around the edge of the pot gives a hint of the taste without the sharpness.
We have a glorious '70's fondue pot.......this thread is inspiring me to get it out again!
We have done a fondue dinner party before:
Entree: Cheese fondue with chunks of bread for dipping, as well as bits of cold meats and veggies for dipping Main: Hot oil fondue, again with bits of crusty bread for fryung, as well as chunks of steak and chicken (I maninaded both in simple seasonings) along with loads of mustards and sauces for dipping Desert: Chocolate Fondue. We melted a large block of Toblerone chocolate and added a splash of cream and then combined, so you get the honey and the nuts as well from the Toblerone, and then dipped chunks of banana, pears and strawberry.
I just got one for Christmas FINALLY - we have given them as gifts to soooo many people but didn't have our own.
We have dinners every 2nd month with 2 other couples & it's our turn next month so I thought I'd test it out My question for you Lucy is - do you have 3 pots or do you clean the one out between courses? If you clean it, how do you get the meaty/oily taste out of it before you put the chocolate in?
Sarah, ours is a really old fashioned brass thing that has 2 pots and the frame turns upside down to fit the 2 sizes. (So I use one for the cheese, then the oil, and the second smaller pot for chocolate)
BUT, for one dinner we did, I couldn't use the smaller pot (cos I had forgotten to clean it, and it is brass, so looked dreadful!) so I just cleaned the big pot that had oil in it and then lined it with foil, so I knew that the chocolate wouldn't taint.....
My aunty suggests that when you clean the oily pot out, dry it,a nd then wipe round with some lemon juice and that apparently gets rid of all funny smells and tastes........
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My question for you Lucy is - do you have 3 pots or do you clean the one out between courses? If you clean it, how do you get the meaty/oily taste out of it before you put the chocolate in?
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