Several months ago I ran across a brand new in the box Fondue pot at a local thrift store. But until this week I was still needing some extra Fondue forks beyond the six that came with it. Also turns out Wal-mart had heavy cream on sale for a dollar a quart. 🙂 So we attempted fondue for supper. The vegetables and steak slices cooked in broth took too long so everyone decided to forgo that part next time. Now fitting seven dippers around a small fondue pot is a different matter.
Swiss Cheese Fondue
- 8 oz. Swiss cheese, shredded or diced small
- 4 oz. Shredded Mozzarella
- 2 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 3 tbsp. butter
- 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 cups milk, or half & half
- pepper to taste
- Items to dip, such as French bread cubes or apples slices
Instructions
- Toss cheese in double boiler with cornstarch.
- Add remaining ingredients for cheese sauce.
- Heat in double boiler until cheese is melted and sauce is creamy. Add extra milk as needed.
- Pour into fondue pot over low heat or flame.
- Dip items with fondue fork.
- Add a little milk if it begins to get too thick.
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Chocolate Fondue Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 ounces of chocolate chips
- 8 ounces of heavy cream
- Dipping items such as strawberries, banana pieces, apple pieces, cubed pound cake, cookies
Method
1 Warm the cream over in double boiler. Add the chocolate and stir until smooth.
2 Immediately transfer to a fondue pot heated at low or with a low flame.
3 Use a fondue fork to dip the fruit pieces and other items into the hot melted cream chocolate mixture. Eat immediately.
If the fondue begins to feel a little stiff, add a tablespoon of heavy cream and stir.
My oldest got a fondue pot for Christmas from my sister and it is still in the box! We need to get it out and make use of these recipes, huh? 🙂
I didn’t think about the fondue sticks though. Do they sell them in bulk, by chance? LOL!
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Berean Wife Reply:
January 29th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Laine,
I bought a set of six at Bed, Bath & Beyond for around $5. Maybe we can get together and have a dipping party. 🙂 But just getting seven around one pot was tight. You will have trouble unless you just dip for the little ones.
Berean Wife
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