Savoyard Fondue Recipe
Flavors of Savoy
Total time: 15 to 30 minutes
Prep. time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
For 6 servings
- 400 g (14 oz.) Comté
- 400 g (14 oz.) Emmental
- 400 g (14 oz.) Beaufort
- 750 ml (3 cups) dry white wine
- 450 g (1 lb.) country bread
- 1 clove of garlic
- 3 pinches of cornstarch
- Nutmeg, salt, pepper
Suggested accompaniments
- thin slices of raw ham
- Grisons dried meat
- thin rounds of garlic sausage
Method
- Remove the rind from the cheeses; cut them into thin slices.
- Rub the inside of the fondue pot with the clove of garlic. Add the wine and heat over low heat.
- Whisk in the cornstarch dissolved in a little wine.
- Add the sliced cheese and melt over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon in a figure-8 pattern until smooth.
- Remove the pot from the heat; season to taste with pepper and nutmeg. Place the pot on a warmer in the center of the table.
- Stick a piece of bread onto a long two-pronged fork and dip into the melted cheese to coat well. Enjoy the fondue with a local wine.
Some other French fondues
Jura: 100% Comté
Normandy: Camembert, Pont-l'Evêque, Livarot, cream, milk, Calvados, shallot
Normandy: remplace the Calvados, milk and cream with farm cider
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