Fondues

[Tengu]

Im set for entertaining guests!

found a nice enameled fondue set and a recipe book at the car boot for £1...

Anyone ever hosted a fondue party?

 

[garethw]

Im set for entertaining guests!

found a nice enameled fondue set and a recipe book at the car boot for £1...

Anyone ever hosted a fondue party?

Yep loads.... brilliant and tasty... especially at Christmas...

One tip only get top quality cheese; Beaufort, Comté, emmental and Gruyère.. the more mature the better...
and a good bottle of Savoie white wine.. Apremont or such like.. Don't skimp on the ingrédients or it will be a sad affair !!!

A splash of kirsch and some nutmeg....

Finally a nice crusty baguette....

Bon appetit!!!
Gareth

 

[Tengu]

it seems such an awesome way to have fun...why do people not do it more?

Ive seen so many fondue sets at car boots...it seems every car boot you attend, you will see a completley unused fondue set on sale.

 

[Countryman]

It became a massive cliche in the 70's. By the 80's it was deeply unfashionable.

Needs some of you youngsters to seize it and make it your own again.

Some Swiss friends bought us one in the 90's and we had fun with it.

Kirsch is the key!


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[Tengu]

Yes, I was thinking how could something so fun, and involving food too, be cliche

 

[rik_uk3]

Dippy cheese...whats not to love

 

[nitrambur]

Dippy cheese...whats not to love

What's not to love...cheese that's what, melted cheese doubly so, the merest whiff of it makes me want to hurl

 

[Angry Pirate]

I now have a fondue set on my watchlist!
If you hate cheese, one of the suggestions I read was to have hot oil in the bowl and dip wee chunks of meat to cook them which you then dip in sauces. Sounds good

 

[Robbi]

chocolate and cream melted in the bowl ( tobelarone (?) is nicest ) and dip fruit in it.

 

[DavidJT]

Top tip from friends - a small separate bowl of Kirsch.

First dip bread in Kirsch then into melted cheese fondue.

It explodes in your mouth like a warm savory version of a chocolate liquor!

yums!

 

[Harvestman]

chocolate and cream melted in the bowl ( tobelarone (?) is nicest ) and dip fruit in it.

This is it! Lots of fruit, pre-cut into chunks, and lost of chocolate and cream. Great for children too, or for adults being silly.

 

[Bindle]

No-one has mentioned another important aspect of the fondue party. If anyone drops their dipping item in, they have to pay a forfeit! You obviously have to gauge your audience (kids or adults etc) but it is normally an alcohol based one, but it could be anything. When I was a student nurse we had the forfeit as removing an item of clothing....strip fondue parties, no better way to spend a Saturday night

 

[Countryman]

That wouldn't have been in Leeds would it Bindle?

Happy memories!


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[Tengu]

No thank you, I want to be a socialite, not a decadent

Where do I get Kirsch? Morrisons do not stock it.

 

[Bindle]

Oh OK, keep your kit on, but there should definitely be a dropped dipper forfeit. It really is the thing at fondue parties, maybe a slug of the elusive Kirsch?

No, Countryman, it was in Bath. Did the same shenanigens go on in hospitals all over the country then........happy days indeed

 

[Countryman]

No comment!

Tengu pretty sure Waitrose do it.


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