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Garlic Cheese Fondue

Recipe for Garlic Cheese Fondue - a traditional Swiss cheese fondue that goes heavy on the garlic. Bon Appetit, 1997.

Submitted By: Bon Appetit, 1997

Yield: 8 - 10 Servings

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Ingredients

1 pound Swiss cheese, grated
1/2 Gruyère cheese, grated
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 1/4 cups (about) dry white wine
3 large garlic cloves, minced

1 1-pound crusty French bread or sourdough bread, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes

Instructions

Combine both cheeses, flour, nutmeg, and white pepper in large bowl; toss to coat. Bring 1 cup wine and garlic to simmer in a heavy large saucepan over low heat. Add cheese mixture by handfuls, whisking until melted and smooth after each addition. Mix in more wine by tablespoonfuls to reach desired consistency. Transfer to fondue pot.

Set fondue over candle or canned heat. Serve fondue with bread.

Traditional Cheese Fondue Pot
Still designed in Switzerland today. A traditional Swiss caquelon pot with a wrought iron stand. Set includes the ceramic pot, stand, 6 fondue forks and heat source receptacle. Uses paste fuel. Available now at GourmetSleuth.com.

Posted: 2/24/2003 12:00:00 AM