Fondue
The communal pot of melted cheese and wine: Gruyère and Vacheron melted with white wine and kirsch, eaten by spearing bread cubes on long forks — with strict rules about lost bread.
What it is
The communal pot of melted cheese and wine: Gruyère and Vacheron melted with white wine and kirsch, eaten by spearing bread cubes on long forks — with strict rules about lost bread. Ingredients: Gruyère, Vacheron Fribourgeois (or Emmental), dry white wine, garlic, cornstarch, kirsch, nutmeg, lemon; day-old bread cubes, boiled potatoes, cornichons. Recipe: 1) Rub the caquelon with garlic. 2) Heat wine; add grated cheese gradually, stirring in a figure-eight. 3) When silky, add cornstarch slaked in kirsch. 4) Keep over a gentle flame, stirring each dip. Serve: communally; tradition fines whoever loses their bread (a kiss, a song, or the bill, by house rules). Flavor: nutty, winey, gloriously rich. History: cheese-and-wine melting is old alpine thrift; the Swiss Cheese Union marketed fondue into the national dish in the 1930s. See also: Raclette, Rösti.
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