4 cheddar and bacon fondue Recipes

smoked or plain cheddar cheese, shredded, slightly rounded tbsp all-purpose flour, shallots or 1 small onion, minced, garlic, finely minced, hard cider , lager beer or sparkling cider, fresh lemon juice, grainy mustard , or to taste, premium bacon, cooked crispy, chopped, minced. re-hydrated sun-dried tomatoes

sharp white cheddar, shredded (about 2 1/2 cups), gruyere, shredded (about 2 cups), smoked gruyere or swiss, shredded, scant tbsp cornstarch, strained cooking liquid from beer-simmered bratwursts , recipe follows, spicy brown mustard, plus more for serving, a few drops hot sauce, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, slab bacon, rind removed, sliced about 1-inch thick, cremini mushrooms, caps only, canola oil, six to eight 2-inch-thick slices high-quality german rye bread, beer-simmered bratwurst , recipe follows, sweet and hot german mustards , for serving, special equipment : fondue pot and skewers, german light ale, caraway seeds, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, onions, unpeeled, roughly chopped, whole cloves garlic , smashed, fresh ginger, peeled and chopped, precooked bratwurst , pricked with a fork, canola oil

center-cut bacon, chopped, cheddar cheese, shredded, smoked gruyere cheese, shredded, smoked swiss cheese, shredded, all-purpose flour , rounded, german lager beer, german lager beer, sharp hot mustard, drops hot sauce, drops worcestershire sauce, knockwurst (cubed or thickly sliced browned wursts, knock, brat or brot), head cauliflower, separated into florets, gherkin, drained, pickled onion , available on vegetable aisle, rye bread or 1 small pumpernickel bread or 1 small sourdough bread, cubed