Neuchatel Style Cheese Fondue Recipes

NEUCHATEL STYLE CHEESE FONDUE

Steps:

• Rub the inside of the fondue pot (or chafing dish or crockpot) with cut garlic clove.
• Dredge the shredded cheese in flour.
• Put the wine in the fondue pot and set on stove over low heat.
• When the wine is warm enough to begin sending bubbles to the surface, but NOT HOT, begin to add the cheese, a handful at a time, as you whisk without stopping.
• When all the cheese has been added and melted, slowly stir in the kirsch.
• Rush the hot pot to the table (lamp under pot should be lit with a fairly high flame).
• At the table add pepper and nutmeg.
• Have diners spear pieces of bread, dunk it and swirl it to coat all sides, then lift it from the pot to their plates, twirling to keep it from dripping.
• When cool enough, eat the whole piece at one bite.
• Do NOT let the flame cool, as fondue separates and looks rubbery; if this happens add a little warmed (NOT cold) wine to revive it (wine can also be added to thin it, if needed).
• The custom supposedly is to serve no other food with the fondue and to drink hot coffee or tea with it; 1 small glass of kirsch should be drunk halfway through and another at the end.

NEUCHATEL CHEESE FONDUE

Steps:

• Rub the inside of the pot with cut surface of the garlic. Coarsely grate the cheese and mix them in the pot. Add wine, lemon juice, and cornstarch and stir over medium heat until cheese melts. The lemon juice is important, as it gives a flavorful tang and encourages the cheese to melt quickly. Stir with a wooden spoon in a figure 8 motion to keep it from getting stringy (if it does, keep stirring in figure 8, it will eventually melt correctly). Stir the Kirsch, pepper and nutmeg, and cook a bit longer until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

CHEESE FONDUE

Steps:

• Whatever else you wish to dip
• Put the chopped or grated cheese into the fondue pot with the wine and heat until boiling on the stove, by which time the cheese should have melted.
• Turn the pot down to a simmer. Whisk together the cornstarch with the Kirsch in a small bowl, and add to the fondue pot along with the garlic clove.
• Season with the pepper and nutmeg and move the fondue pot onto a flame at the table. Serve with various vegetables to dip.

OVEN CHEESE FONDUE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325º.
• Remove crusts from bread, cut into cubes.
• Beat eggs, milk, and seasonings with beater.
• Stir in bread cubes, cheese andon onion,and garlic. Pour into ungreased baking dish .
• Bake uncovered for 1 hour or til center is set. Serve immediately.