Cheese Fondue
2 grated cups cheddar cheese
2 grated cups gruyere cheese
1 garlic clove ~ sliced in half
3 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
a few dashes of nutmeg
salt & pepper to taste
Rub a large sauce pan with the sliced garlic.
In a large bowl, toss cheeses with 1 tablespoon of the flour.
Melt the butter in the sauce pan over medium heat. Add the rest of the flour. Stir well until smooth.
Add 1/2 cup of milk and continue to stir until smooth. Add the remaining milk, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens to about the consistency of light cream.
Add a handful of the cheese mixture and continue to stir, allowing the cheese melt. Add another handful and stir until melted. Continue until all the cheese is added and melted.
Once the cheese is smooth stir in the nutmeg, salt and pepper
Add the lemon juice, stirring more until the mixture is smooth.
Warm your fondue pot or crock pot and add the cheese mixture.
Serve immediately with your favorite dippers.
Let's go!
Sprinkle the grated cheese with 1
tablespoon of the flour then toss it around.
Rub
the inside of you pot with a
sliced garlic clove. You want just a
hint
of garlic in the cheese and this will take care of that.
Melt the butter....
...then add the rest of the flour.
Stir that around until combined and
bubbly then add 1/2 cup of the milk.
Stir to combine then add the rest of the milk.
Cook until thick then add a handful of cheese.
Keep adding the cheese, one handful
at a time stirring after each addition
until all the cheese is used and melted.
Then add the salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Then add the lemon juice.
Pour the cheese mixture into
a fondue pot or a small crock pot.
Serve with your choice of dippers!
