A simple, delicious cheese fondue recipe, made with a combination of gruyere and swiss cheeses. It’s easy to make cheese fondue at home!
How to make cheese fondue at home? It’s surprisingly easy!
When I got married, one of my relatives gave me a fondue pot as a wedding gift. It was a Norwegian, old-fashioned, cast iron fondue pot that you keep warm with an open flame. I was nervous about using it. So I ended up never using the pot for fondue. It turned out to be the perfect size and heaviness for cooking rice!
Recently I ate at a fondue restaurant, and I enjoyed the experience so much that I bought an electric fondue pot. After experimenting with the new purchase, I wrote this simple, delicious cheese fondue recipe specifically for the Cuisinart electric fondue pot which I own. But you can probably use it with any electric fondue pot.
MY LATEST VIDEOSMy favorite cheeses for fondue are a mix of gruyere and Swiss cheese. Although cheddar is very nice too (and smoked cheddar is quite interesting in a fondue). Gouda also works.
As for the dippers, bread is the obvious choice for many. But I can tell you from my low carb experience that tender-crisp steamed broccoli and cauliflower florets are even better than bread. And lightly steamed baby carrots are nice too.
Cheese Fondue
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. Gruyere cheese, shredded
- 1/2 lb. Swiss cheese, shredded
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch (use organic to avoid GMOs)
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons dry white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc
Instructions
- Place the grated cheese in a large bowl. Toss with the cornstarch and dry mustard.
- Pour the wine into the fondue pot. Turn the temperature to setting 5 (medium-high) and bring the wine to a strong simmer (bubbling, but not boiling strongly).
- Stirring constantly with a wooden skewer in zigzag (not circular) motions, add the cheese, a handful at a time, waiting for each handful to melt completely before adding another.
- Reduce the temperature to 3 (medium-low) and serve with your choice of dippers.
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