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Fondue: A Dinner Party Do
Everything old is new again, including the retro-chic fondue party. This simple but crowd-pleasing fete encourages conversation and mingling - two musts for a successful dinner party. Read on for recipes, tips and expert advice - you won't have to think of a thing. So invite the neighbors and break out the fondue pots for a throwback party to remember.
Try out this easy recipe that will last you all night.
Ingredients
- 4 cups oil (peanut oil adds a nice flavor, but use any type of cooking oil)
- salt and pepper
- dipping sauces and cooking spices
Steps
- Pour oil into fondue pot. Heat oil to about 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut meat into cubes and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve meat with fondue forks or skewers and allow guests to cook the meat in the hot oil. Arrange dishes of cooking spices for guests to use on the meat before cooking, and dipping sauces to dunk meat in after cooking.
- Recipe via Suite 101
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Before you start melting cheese and chocolate, there are a few fondue basics you should know.
Four Per Pot
First, follow the cardinal rule of fondue: 3-4 people around one pot to avoid crowding. This means that you should divide your number of expected guests by 4 to figure out how many fondue pots you'll need.
Mix It Up
Think outside the clichéd pot of cheese. Create an elaborate fondue meal with different types of fondue for each course.
First, follow the cardinal rule of fondue: 3-4 people around one pot to avoid crowding. This means that you should divide your number of expected guests by 4 to figure out how many fondue pots you'll need.
Mix It Up
Think outside the clichéd pot of cheese. Create an elaborate fondue meal with different types of fondue for each course.
Start off with an appetizer fondue.
Purchase fresh-baked loaves of French bread and cut it into small bite-sized cubes. Plan on approximately 20 small cubes of bread for each guest. A traditional Cheese Fondue Recipe calls for a mixture of Gruyere and Emmenthaler.
But if you're going to have more than a few guests (and more than one fondue pot), make a few different types. Mix it up with a Fontina Cheese and Crab Fondue and a rich Cheddar and Beer Fondue.
But if you're going to have more than a few guests (and more than one fondue pot), make a few different types. Mix it up with a Fontina Cheese and Crab Fondue and a rich Cheddar and Beer Fondue.
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Having a fondue party isn't like other parties: it takes particular utensils and hardware to get the job done.
- Fondue melting pot
- Plenty of wooden skewers - you don't want guests to re-dip the same skewer they just put in their mouth.
- Lots of cocktail napkins - fondue drips quite a bit and can get messy.
- Great wines to pair with the cheese - for advice, check out our video on wine and cheese pairings
How to use your hot oil fondue.
- Use a traditional Hot Oil Fondue Recipe for cooking the meat and vegetables for the main course.
- The oil should be hot enough that the meat cooks in under a minute.
- Becuase the oil is hot, you'll need to be very careful since any spills could result in a bad burn!
- Use a stable, high quality fondue pot for this fondue dish, and plan to have five to ten bite sized pieces each of meat and vegetables for each guest.
Set out a spice rack with ingredients guests might want to use to flavor their meat and veggies.
After the meal is cooked in the oil fondue, additional flavor can be added with delicious sauces:
- Soy sauce
- Balsamic vinaigrette
- Ranch
- Bernaise Sauce
- Teriyaki
- Hot pepper sauce
- Steak sauce
- Honey mustard
For the perfect sweet ending, think chocolate! You'll want to melt Belgian milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate (in separate pots of course).
For Dipping, Try:
- Cubes of fresh fruit: pineapple, strawberries, bananas and apples
- Dried fruits
- Biscotti
- Marshmallows
- Cookies
- Graham crackers
- Wafers.
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