Monday, February 15, 2010

Cheese Fondue

On Valentine's Day, does anything really show more love than a big bowl of ooey, gooey, luxurious cheese?! The answer, is of course, no! So this V-Day, we did just that - we melted our favorite cheeses and paired it up with yummy
"dippers" like baguette pieces, lightly sauteed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and asparagus and "faux" chicken nuggets. I also love to par-boil fingerling potatoes, but we didn't make any this time.

Below is the very rough recipe we used.

For my "bestie", Christine: I hope you and Matt enjoy this as much as we always do!! xox

Approximately 1 pound of shredded cheese: we used swiss, fontina and a 4 cheese Mexican blend
1 cup of white wine (we used 1/2 cup of white wine and 1/2 cup sherry because that's what we had)
1 tbls lemon juice
1 garlic clove - minced
2 tbls brandy or kirsch (we used sherry because, again, that's what we had)
2 tsp corn starch
Bring the cup of wine and lemon juice to a boil over medium heat, add the garlic and cheese. I add about 1/2 cup at a time and stir in a "figure 8" (I'm not sure why, but almost every recipe says to, so I do it, haha). Once all of the cheese is melted, whisk together the cornstarch and brandy/kirsch in a separate bowl and then add to cheese and stir together.


Serve with your favorite dippers!

1 comment:

  1. YUMMMMM!!!! Thank you for this receipe, it sounds amazing!! We will enjoy this week! ;)

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