German Cheese & Beer Fondue
"A delicious recipe from Rachael Ray."
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 6 slices center-cut bacon, chopped
- 6 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
- 5 ounces smoked gruyere cheese, shredded
- 5 ounces smoked swiss cheese, shredded
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, rounded
- 1 1⁄2 cups german lager beer
- 1 1⁄2 cups german lager beer
- 2 tablespoons sharp hot mustard
- 2 -3 drops hot sauce
- 2 -3 drops Worcestershire sauce
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For Dipping
- 1 knockwurst (cubed or thickly sliced browned wursts, knock, brat or brot)
- 1 head cauliflower, separated into florets
- gherkin, drained
- pickled onion, available on vegetable aisle
- 1 1 small pumpernickel bread or 1 small sourdough bread, cubed
directions
- Heat a small skillet over medium heat with 1 turn of the pan of vegetable oil. Once hot, add the chopped bacon and cook, stirring every now and then until crispy.
- Remove from the skillet, drain on a paper towel-lined plate and reserve.
- Bring 1 inch water to boil in a large skillet and add wursts or mini franks of choice.
- Boil 5 minutes, drain and brown in 1 tablespoon butter to crisp casings.
- Bring a second pan with a couple inches of water to a boil and blanch the cauliflower a minute or so and drain.
- Combine cheeses in a bowl with the flour.
- Add beer to a small pot and bring up to a bubble over medium heat.
- Reduce the heat to a simmer and add the cheese in batches.
- Stir in a figure-eight pattern with wooden spoon.
- When all the cheese has been incorporated fully, stir in the mustard, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce.
- Transfer fondue to warm fondue pot and sprinkle the top with the reserved bacon.
- To serve, arrange the wursts, cauliflower, pickles, onions, cubed bread and smoked almonds around the fondue pot and dig in!
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Reviews
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This was delicious. Personal preference, I omitted the hot sauce and used regular-strength mustard instead of the hot and didn't use the bacon (which would be really good in it!). I will definitely add this to my fondue rotation! Not stringy at all, it was a great consistency. Thanks for sharing! -
This is delicious! So quick and easy. I could not find a smoked swiss so I used regular and it was so good! I served this with chicken apple sausage which I thought went really nicely with the cheese and beer flavors. I also had cauliflower, french bread and apple slices. And I love the bacon on top! The mustard, hot sauce and worcestershire sauce gave it a nice kick! Yum!!
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Carnegie, Pennsylvania
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