This dish was born, long ago, when the remote villages in the Alps did not have a variety of drinks, and there was only dried cheese, crackers and spices, using this, the inhabitants and came up with a recipe for this dish. In cooking, there are several recipes for fondue.
Traditional fondue recipe
At the bottom of the heat-resistant tableware, fixed on legs over a spirit-lamp, 300 g of white wine is poured, after the mixture has warmed up, it is necessary to grate the cheese of gruer and emmental by twice the amount of wine. While the mixture does not dissolve in wine - it should be stirred. Then, to thicken the fondue, 3 st / l potato flour is poured into the mixture. Also, the dish can be sprinkled with spices such as cumin, nutmeg, savory, and pepper. To drink fondue is best with the same wine that was added to the dish, or with the usual red wine at room temperature.
Everything you need for fondue
All that is needed for fondue is easy to assemble from ordinary kitchen utensils, and it is not at all necessary to use a special fondue for this.
First, you need to take care of the heating. Best for this purpose is suitable for a conventional candle. But still, the temperature from the candle may not be enough for some species of fondue. Therefore, the most ideal for preparing fondue is to use an spirit lamp, which, as a rule, has a top for adjusting the fire.
Instead of spets. it's enough to use a thick-walled pan or even a small bowler. In order to install a pan over a spirit lamp, you can use a grate mounted on a pedestal on the legs.
In order to dunk bread or other products in the fondue, forks are required. To do this, it is advisable to use forks with special handles, since the usual metal forks left in the fondue heat up strongly.
Types of fondue
In total, several types of fondue are distinguished: in addition to conventional cheese, there are also oily, broth, and even sweet fondues.
Bouillon fondue is prepared approximately the same way as soup, for this you need to take strong and broth and add pasta to it. Sweet fondue is usually prepared from cream, chocolate and cognac, and in oil - bread is roasted.
In addition, there are several variations of fondue cooking. In France, for example, the Savoy comet, the Emmental and Beaufort are used for the cheese fondue. And in Italy in a different way - used fountain, eggs, milk, and truffles. And the dish there is called - fondue.
Neuchatel (Swiss dish)
Composition:
1. Garlic-1 slice.
2. Cheese gruer - 450 g
3. Cheese emmental-250 grams
4. White wine 1.5 tbsp.
5. Lemon juice - 1 h / l
6. Potato starch 4 st / l
7. And add to the taste of ground black pepper and nutmeg.
In order to prepare a noel (Swiss dish), you will need to rub the dishes in which you will prepare fondue, garlic. Then grate the cheese on a grater and mix with the wine, poured into the dishes, which you rubbed with garlic. Then add potato starch lemon juice. Stir the mixture until the cheese is completely melted. After, add a small amount of spices, wait a little more and after that you can start the process of dipping pieces of bread into the fondue. There is such a tradition, everyone who eats fondue, should definitely interfere with this mixture a little.