4.7 from 9 votes
Swiss Cheese Fondue Recipe
Homemade Cheese Fondue for your Christmas or New Year's Eve dinner party.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 1017 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Swiss
Ingredients
For the Fondue:
- 1 Piece garlic clove cut in two
- 1½ Cup white wine
- 10.6 Ounces gruyere cheese
- 10.6 Ounces Emmental cheese *see Notes
- nutmeg pinch
- 1 Tablespoon corn starch
- 2 Tablespoon cherry brandy optional
- Black Pepper Ground pinch
To dip
- 2-3 baguette cut into bite-sized pieces
- other dipping options *See Notes
Instructions
- Keep all the ingredients ready for the fondue. Use grated cheese.
- Rub garlic clove against the inner pot.
- Turn on the heat for the portable mini stove and place pot over the stove.
- Pour white wine into the fondue pot and add in the cheese.
- Season with nutmeg and black pepper, add cornflour and the cherry brandy. Mix all well
- Control the heat, keep on stirring occasionally and watch the cheese melt.
- Keep your cut bread ready. Your cheese fondue can be enjoyed when the cheese is smooth and bubbly.
- Start by poking the bread into an elongated fondue fork and dipping it into the cheese.
- Repeat and enjoy. :)
- Control the heat until the pot is almost empty. In the end, there is always a layer of cheese at the center that gets hard. I like to eat that.
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Notes
- I recommend using two cheese for the cheese fondue, the swiss Gruyere and Emmental cheese. The flavor is more interessting that way. You can also just use one cheese, as for example a flavorful good melting cheddar cheese.
- The Cherry Brandy is optional but it adds some interessting flavors to the cheese fondue.
- The garlic adds flavor, the white wine adds ideep acidic flavors and helps to emulsify the fondue and the corn flour binds the fondue even further. That way your cheese won't seperate and you are left with a velvety smooth cheesy fondue. Yum!
- Use hard bread to dip. In Switzerland they sometimes serve cooked potatoes too. Another progressive approach is to dip with freshly cut fruits such as apple and pear.
- Recipe based on my former coordinator's swiss fondue recipe back when I worked in Switzerland.
Nutrition Information
Calories
1017kcal
(51%)
Carbohydrates
71g
(24%)
Protein
54g
(108%)
Fat
50g
(77%)
Saturated Fat
29g
(145%)
Cholesterol
152mg
(51%)
Sodium
1168mg
(49%)
Potassium
320mg
(9%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
1336IU
(27%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
1459mg
(146%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1017
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 1017kcal | 51% |
| Carbohydrates | 71g | 24% |
| Protein | 54g | 108% |
| Fat | 50g | 77% |
| Saturated Fat | 29g | 145% |
| Cholesterol | 152mg | 51% |
| Sodium | 1168mg | 49% |
| Potassium | 320mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 1336IU | 27% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 1459mg | 146% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.