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Classic Cheese Fondue - Recipe

As a traditional and popular dish, this classic fondue recipe blends several cheeses to provide a hearty appetizer or a light evening meal to be enjoyed with family and friends.
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Classic Cheese Fondue Recipe
Directions
  • Combine wine and lemon juice in saucepan, placed on a stovetop burner, and begin to heat on a medium heat setting.
  • Add each variety of grated cheese, stirring as they are added, allowing heat to melt the cheeses together. Continue stirring as to keep the cheese consistency smooth and not chunky
  • In a separate bowl, combine kirsch and water with the cornstarch, mixing thoroughly to blend together and then add the mixture to the melted cheese in the saucepan.
  • Rub inside of fondue pot with garlic clove
  • Ignite fuel or turn on temperature control to warm the contents being placed in the pot, allowing the wine and lemon juice to reach a boiling or bubbling temperature level
  • Reduce the temperature of the heat so the remaining contents can begin to be added
  • Add pepper and nutmeg seasonings to the ingredients now in the fondue pot
 
 
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Container: Fondue Pot
Servings: 4
Ingredients
-1 clove garlic
-1 cup dry white wine
-1 teaspoon lemon juice
-2 cups Emmenthal cheese grated
-2 cups Gruyere cheese grated
-1 tablespoon kirsch cherry brandy
-1 tablespoon water
-2 teaspoons cornstarch
-pinch white pepper
-pinch nutmeg
-1 pound broccoli
-8 ounces grape tomatoes
-8 ounces mushrooms
-1 sweet pepper - cut into strips
-1 French bread loaf - cut into cubes