Fondue suggestions

[MWGemini 0]

My wife and I got married skydiving 1/1/05 down at Deland. While in Orlando, we went to a place called the Melting Pot, a small fondue restaurant with really good food. Neither of us had ever had fondue before that, and it was really cool. So.....

My wife put a little fondue set in our gift registry thing, and somebody bought it for us. Do any of you have good fondue recipes/suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike

[aggie04 0]

i bought a fondue pot for my boyfriend and for quick and easy chocolate fondue I like milk chocolate chocolate chips, some evaporated milk, and kahlua...with any kind of fruit or marshmallows :)

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[Acensky 0]

you can buy the fondue cheese at mostly any store in the deli cheese section. Buy a half decent bottle of white wine and add some to the cheese as it is heating up on the stove. Sourdough and a dark pupernickle bread are the best, but you can use just about anything. I like to cut up apples, pears and some sausage or pepperoni to dip.

You can have a oil fondue here you have somewhat raw meat and cook it using the oil but it gets a little messy.

On a side note, don't drink water when eating fondue. there is an acid in the cheese that does not sit well with water. Drink beer, wine or soda.

Hope this Helps.

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[doddy 0]

a nice touch is to get the melting choc and cut up nice fresh strawberrys, cantelope,ect and dunk in the hot choc and feed it to each other.

I have also heard of people using cooking oil and cutting SMALL peices of meat .IE chicken lamb ect and frying them then using dipping sauces like satay ect and eating that way but the basic thing is to use the pot to cook or melt things in.
www.bhg.com/home/FondueRecipes.html

try that!

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[payback462 0]

mmmmm, the melting potmmmmmmm
wheres the drool icon??

step one: throw away all the peices to the fondue set other then the forks and fork holders

Step two: buy double boiler and hotplate, works a fuckload better then that alcohol burning garbage
if you notice thats what they used in the resturaunt also

i lost all the links i had to recipies, but heres some i found

the yahoo list
http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/food_and_drink/cooking/recipes/specific_courses_and_dishes/fondue/

and the ultimate, best ever cheese recipe
http://recipes.robbiehaf.com/B/559.htm

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[Remster 30]

4 main types of fondue:

Cheese: I like a blend of cheeses with white wine. I'm sure you can google some nice recipies for the cheese, or go with a store bought package. Bread for dipping is standard, and it's usually served as an appetiser

Chineese: its a broth fondue where you boil your meat which is sliced in thin slices: beef, pork, chiken work well, though I'mnot a big fan of raw chicken on the table

Bouguignone: oil fondue, so have a real hot pot of oil (mazola works well) and cubes of beef (go for a nice peice wit not too much fat). With both the chineese and bourguignone, have some sauce for your meats: sauce bourguignone, dijon mustard/mayo, ketchup/mayo, etc...

Chocolate: Dark choco pieces with just a tad of milk, add some kirch if you like... this one with fruits (banana, strawberries, apples all work well, so do pears, etc...)

Remster

[MWGemini 0]

All great suggestions, including the ones I've received via PM. Does anyone have any suggestions (besides what's been posted) as to what to dip?

Thanks,

Mike

[piisfish 140]

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All great suggestions, including the ones I've received via PM. Does anyone have any suggestions (besides what's been posted) as to what to dip?

there are variations of cheese fondue :
-WITH MUSHROOMS
-with tomato
-"aux herbes"
-"à l'échalotte"

etc etc... Come over to Switz and find out what's the best for you

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[hungarianchick 0]

Use gruyere cheese as a base and add other cheeses for extra flavor. You will also need white wine, cornstarch and a splash of Kirsch.
As for dipping, besides crusty bread, you can use blanched veggies and hard salami.
Have fun, the possibilities are endless!

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[payback462 0]

apples!!!
green apples rock with the beer cheese one


for the bread either use a baguette, since they could be used as a substitute baseball bat when theyre fresh, or
make sure you get the bread a little in advance so you can let it get kinda hard, so that it wont fall apart as soon as it hits the cheese.

you could also use pretzels with both cheese and chocolate.
hell, anything that wont fall apart as soon as it hits the pot is fair game!

[skycat 0]

Beef stock
Red wine
Garlic
Onion
herbs to taste

Steak
Mushrooms
Salmon
potatoes (cubed)
anything else in the fridge.

Heat to boiling, let boil for 5 minutes or so to let the alcohol cook off. Dump in potatoes and mushrooms so they can start cooking they take about 15 minutes or so. Start adding in meat and cook to how you like.

Dipping sauses:
hoisen
teryaki
coctail
sweet mustard
what ever you like.

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