15 new with fondue Recipes

here are the basics of making an excellent cheese fondue , the proper way (or at least the lindysez way)., use good cheese , i use half emmental swiss and gruyere, grate them up and toss them with some salt and a good amount of pepper. let them sit out at room temp so they melt better . cut your bread (good french bread, but not sourdough) into bite sized pieces making sure to have crust on each piece. let those sit out for a while too so they aren tsp too soft., cheese that you use , you are going to use 1 3/4 cups of a dry white wine, such as a fume blanc, a california sauv blanc (don tsp use a new zealand 1 as most are too grassy) or a pouilly-fume. when you are ready to make the fondue, rub the pot with a clove of garlic (we like garlic, so we leave the clove in, but you don tsp need to); then place over a medium heat and add the wine. when the wine comes to a simmer, start slowly adding the cheese, sprinkling in a handful at a time, allowing each addition to melt (my dad said you always have to stir in the same direction, in a figure 8 motion, it works. if you stir in a circle you will end up with a big glop of cheese in the middle of a pot of wine, the figure 8 is key); keep adding until you have a nice thick sauce, then add a splash of kirsch and a pinch of nutmeg. put over a burner to keep it bubbling, and stir often when you dip your bread., a lb of cheese is enough for 4 people; or more if you are serving other things. and the amounts are guesstimates. i almost always grate too much cheese, so only add as much as you need to get the right consistency ; when you dip a piece of bread into the fondue, you want a nice coating of cheese and for the bread to absorb the wine. that s what it s all about, cheese, wine and bread. so use the best you can of each ingredient. and any left over cheese makes for a mighty good ham and cheese omelet.

milk, condensed cream of mushroom or celery soup, undiluted, shredded cheddar cheese, process cheese (velveeta), cubed, crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed, lemon juice, garlic clove, halved, cubed french bread, cherry tomatoes , baby zucchini, cooked new potatoes and/or artichoke hearts for dipping

milk, roasted garlic clove, smashed, monterey jack cheese, coarsely grated (don tsp buy the pre-grated cheese), flour, tiny boiled new potato, cooked pasta (corkscrew, bowtie, wagon wheels , etc.), bread cubes (french , whole wheat, multigrain, etc.), lightly steamed broccoli spears , zucchini, celery, asparagus, bell peppers, carrots or snap peas, cucumber, etc, sliced apples or pear

light whole-wheat sandwich bread , such as pepperidge farm, red seedless grapes, water, minced shallot, arrowroot, demi-sec champagne, divided, reduced-fat jarlsberg cheese, finely shredded, pecorino romano cheese, grated, light brie cheese, cut up with rind removed, salt , to taste, cayenne pepper , to taste

olive oil, chopped onion, whipping cream , plus, whipping cream, cream cheese, room temperature, freshly grated parmesan cheese (about 2 oz), grated gruyere cheese (about 1 1/2 oz), ground nutmeg, unpeeled large red potatoes , cut into 1 inch pieces, water, salt, extra virgin olive oil, chopped fresh parsley

emmentaler or swiss cheese, rind discarded and cut into small cubes, gruyer , rind discarded and grated, cornstarch, unsalted butter, minced shallots, apple cider, water, fresh lemon juice, salt, freshly ground black pepper, crusty french or italian bread, cubed, for dipping, fresh lemon juice, or more if desired, apples slices, for dipping, boiled new potatoes, cubed, for dipping, pear slices, for dipping

monterey jack cheese, swiss cheese, fresh oregano, fresh cilantro, fifth ) dry white wine, head garlic (medium), white tequila, corn starch, new mexico peppers (roasted peeled seeded finely chopped, chiltipin powder to taste

cauliflower, coconut milk, garlic clove, crushed, ground nutmeg, white miso, dijon mustard, soy sauce, olive oil, potato flour (or corn flour), salt and pepper, to taste, baby carrots, broccoli florets, asparagus , halves, fingerling potatoes (or small new potatoes), french baguette, sliced

garlic, crushed, dry white wine, juice of 1 lemon, gruyere cheese, cornstarch, kirsch, salt and pepper, grated nutmeg, wooden skewers for the garnishes, new potatoes, quartered, baby carrots, peeled, onion, quartered, olive oil, lamb loin, quail, cod fillets, sugar, potato crusted scallops, french bread loaves , cut into cubes

dry, crisp white wine (recommended : sauvignon blanc), calvados, gruyere cheese, shredded or diced, sharp new york state white cheddar cheese , or other semi-hard cow s milk cheese, diced, cornstarch, freshly grated nutmeg, freshly ground black pepper, baguette , or other crusty bread, torn or cubed, for dipping, crisp , sliced apple, dressed lightly with lemon juice, for dipping, crisp , sliced pear, dressed lightly with lemon juice, for dipping

monterey jack cheese, coarsely grated, muenster, coarsely grated, cornstarch, dry white wine, minced garlic, kirsch, salt, freshly ground black pepper, freshly grated nutmeg, boiled baby new potatoes in their skins, or quartered if large, lightly steamed broccoli florets, lightly steamed cauliflower florets, lightly steamed asparagus, button mushrooms , wiped clean and stems removed, cubed smoked ham, cooked sliced hot sausage, thick pretzel sticks, lightly toasted cubes french bread

hard cider, chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned, worcestershire sauce, garlic, finely chopped, gruyere, grated, sharp vermont or new york yellow cheddar, corn starch, cayenne pepper, salt, bourbon , whiskey or apple jack, optional, cooked chicken and apple sausages, chorizo, or mini hot dogs; sliced baguette or black bread, radishes, roasted shallots, roasted mushrooms or small fingerlings or baby potatoes, pears, apples, or pretzels.

unsalted butter, fresh mushrooms, finely chopped, minced shallots, dry white wine, fontina d aosta, rind removed and cut into small cubes (about 3 cups), cornstarch, truffled pecorino romano, grated, freshly ground black pepper, crusty french or italian bread , cut into cubes, cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined, cooked lobster , cut into bite-sized pieces, cooked baby artichokes, blanched asparagus spears, raw fennel batons, whole button mushrooms, raw or sauteed, boiled new potatoes, boiled ziti , rotini, or fusilli