Cheese Fondue Recipe | Winter Means Fondue!

What is Cheese Fondue?

Cheese fondue is a delicious Swiss dish in which white wine is added to melted cheese, and bread is dipped into this mixture with the help of long forks. Swiss people, who want to find a way to eat their dried bread and hardened cheese, have found the most enjoyable way to consume these ingredients.

Cheese fondue is a meal that you can easily cook at home, with not many ingredients and very easy to cook. If you love all kinds of cheese, this cheese fondue recipe is just for you!

Ingredients for Cheese Fondue Recipe

• 1 whole bread
• 250 grams of gruyere cheese
• 250 grams of Emmental cheese
• 1 glass of white wine
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• A pinch of nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2-3 tablespoons of cherry liqueur (Kirsch)

How to make Cheese Fondue?

1. Put the fondue pot on the stove and after it is well warmed, rub inside the pot thoroughly with the garlic that you cut in half.
2. In a separate bowl, grate the gruyere cheese and Emmental cheese with the thick side of the grater.
3. Add cornstarch to the grated cheese and mix.
4. Add the white wine and lemon juice to the fondue pan, which you have rubbed with garlic, and leave on medium heat until it is thoroughly heated.
5. After the wine is heated, put the pot on low heat and slowly add the grated cheese to the pot.
6. Stir the cheese with a wooden spoon, but be careful not to scratch the bottom while stirring.
7. Add nutmeg walnuts and mix.
8. Finally add Kirsch and mix one last time. Your fondue is ready!

How to Eat Cheese Fondue?

• You can eat the fondue by dipping the bite-sized sliced ​​bread into the pot with the help of a fork.

How to Serve Cheese Fondue?

• Cheese fondue is served in a cheese fondue pot. This set consists of a saucepan, fondue forks and a small spirit cooker.
• Place the fondue bowl on the spirit stove in the middle of the table so that it does not get cold (If you do not have a spirit stove, you can use candles).
• If you wish, you can fry the sliced bread in the oven and make it crunchy.

What to Dip in Cheese Fondue?

• In addition to bread, you can prepare boiled potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower or sliced fruits such as apples and pears for serving.
• White wine is what goes best with fondue as a beverage.

Cheese Fondue Recipe Tips

• After putting the cheese in the pot, the heat of the stove must be low and you should be very careful that the cheese does not burn.
• If you don’t have cherry liqueur, you can put another drink that is high in alcohol, such as vodka.
• If you want to have a lighter taste, you can prepare it without liquor.

Do you want to know more about the other Swiss food? Then have a look at here: Swiss Food.

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After trying the recipe, do not forget to write a comment about how it tastes. Enjoy!