Rheinlander Restaurant Cheese Fondue

Name: Rheinlander Restaurant Cheese Fondue
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 batch
Ingredients: 5 cups processed swiss American cheese, grated; 2 cups water; 1 cup sauterne or 1 cup chablis; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 tablespoon butter; 1/4 teaspoon msg (optional); 1 dash white pepper; 1 dash nutmeg; 1/2 loaf rye bread; 1/2 loaf French bread

Submitted by Juliesmom

"The Rheinlander is a wonderful German restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Their fondue brings customers back again and again."

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 10
Yields:: 1 batch

ingredients

5 cups processed swiss American cheese, grated
2 cups water
1 cup sauterne or 1 cup chablis
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon butter
¹⁄₄ teaspoon msg (optional)
1 dash white pepper
1 dash nutmeg
¹⁄₂ loaf rye bread
¹⁄₂ loaf French bread

directions

Grate the cheese.
Bring water in the bottom of a double boiler to a boil.
In the top pan of the double boiler bring the 2 cups water, wine, butter, and seasonings to a boil, then add the cheese and set pan on the top of the double boiler over the boiling water.
Stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon until the cheese melts into a smooth, heavy sauce (if the fondue seems too thick, add additional wine; if it is too thin add additional grated cheese).
Cut the bread into 2-inch squares and brown them lightly in the oven.
Serve and enjoy!

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Reviews

This isn't the Rheinlander cheese fondue recipe. Fondue doesn't have water in it. I think the water in this botched recipe is for the bottom of the double boiler. I have Horst Mager's recipe book. The real ingredients are: 1 pound processed Swiss Cheese 2 cups very dry white wine, chardonnay or chablis 2 cloves mashed garlic (I prefer 3-4) 1/4 tsp white pepper 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper pinch nutmeg

Steve R.
This is a wonderful fondue but the recipe is different than the one I got from the kitchen of the Rhinelander almost forty years ago and it explains why it is runny. My recipe from this restaurant is the same EXCEPT it called for 1 cup of liquid for the 5 cups of the cheese. That's a big difference. Use 1/2 cup Sauterne and 1/2 cup water. From that point add extra cheese or wine/water if needed to gain proper consistancy. 5 stars when made this way. Yum!! I just doubled it and made it for a large party last night.

Sonja Rae
Fabulous! My mom used to make this for us on Christmas Eve. It's just like I remembered. For those having trouble with the recipe-- did you use swiss american?? You can find it at Costco. I don't think regular swiss cheese will work-- you need the processed stuff to get the creamy texture.

Reading2kids
Way too runny! It had a hard time sticking to anything. The taste was good but overall a disappointment.

mumhome
I have been using this recipe for years (minus the MSG), and it's exactly like the fondue at the Rheinlander. Love it! I can usually find the processed swiss cheese, but it tends to be in individually wrapped slices.

malerie.paynter