Fondue at home

The word "fondue" (fondre) is borrowed from the French.Translated from French, it means "to melt." And the homeland of the dish is Switzerland. It was the Swiss who came up with the idea of ​​melting the stale cheese, dipping it into wine and heating it over a campfire. Traditional fondue ingredients are cheese and wine. But this dish was so loved and became popular that one cheese with wine was not enough. How to make fondue? Let's try to cook the dish yourself.

Cheese fondue at home

Ingredients:hard cheese (400 g), emmental cheese (300 g), white bread (or long loaf), lemon juice (teaspoon), starch (teaspoon), dry white wine (glass), cherry juice (glass), ground nutmeg (pinch).

Cooking Grate the cheeses (both).Cut the bread into slices (pre-cut the crust). Melt the cheese on the fire and add starch to it. Gently stirring, pour a thin stream of juice and wine. Add nutmeg and continue to heat. Served only hot. Pieces of bread (or loaf) dipped in mass.

Cheese with mushrooms fondue at home

Cheese fondue with mushrooms.Ingredients: hard cheese (500 g), mushrooms (cut and fried in butter, 150 g), a glass of milk, two eggs, butter (70-80 g), ground white pepper, a glass of white wine, white bread (or long loaf ).

CookingRub cheese and melt it (up to a temperature of 60 degrees, not higher). Beat eggs with milk and slowly, not forgetting to stir, pour in the heated cheese. Add butter and mushrooms. Gradually, stirring in, pour in the wine. Bread (loaf) cut into large cubes, dip it into the resulting hot mass.

Fruit and chocolate fondue at home

Chocolate fondue. Ingredients: a large chocolate bar, 3/4 cup of cream (fat content of 30% or more), rum (or liqueur, or brandy, 25 grams), apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries (200 grams).

Cooking Peel bananas, apples and oranges.Cut them into slices or slices. We warm up chocolate in a fondyushnitse. Pour in rum with cream. Pieces of fruit are dipped in the resulting chocolate and creamy mass.

Caramel fondue at home

Unusually delicate and exquisite dish. Very suitable for a romantic evening.

Ingredients:assorted fruits (you can take absolutely any - pineapple, pear, tangerine, kiwi, banana, apple, peach), caramel (condensed milk is allowed - 1 can), thick cream (preferably separator), vanilla.

Приготовление.Fruits are peeled, cut into slices or cubes. Caramel and cream are poured into a saucepan, heated (but do not bring to a boil, it is advisable to use a divider), add vanilla and pour into cups.

Pieces of fruit dipped in the mixture.

We are limited to only a few, the most simple, accessible and tasty examples of preparation. And finally, a few recommendations on how to choose a set for fondue and how to make fondue at home.

Today there are hundreds of different variations.cooking fondue at home. Before choosing a set, consider which fondue you prefer. If chocolate, then more suitable ceramic (or clay) fondue. For cheese (or oil, broth) more suitable steel and cast iron. Steel looks more aesthetic, but the cast-iron will be much more practical, and the temperature keeps better. Forks are very important. Choose a longer, protected. For cheese (chocolate) fondue, one fork is laid, but for meat fondue - two (we lower one piece into butter, and then remove the other piece). If the fondue pot is made of ceramic, then a regular candle can serve as a source of fire. But for a metal burner is a must. A temperature controller is required in the burner.

При приготовлении сырного блюда добавьте капельку starch (the cheese will not flake), you can add a little lemon juice to the wine (then it will melt faster). It is better to interfere in a zigzag manner (this also accelerates the melting of the cheese).

Each guest needs to put a partitioned plate (plate) and put a special fork (or two, depending on what type of fondue).