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Fondue: Impress Your Guests with a Simple Meal

Entertaining friends and family can be stressful, especially if you have to spend hours in the kitchen to cook everything. Fortunately, fondue is a simple solution that will please your guests and allow you to spend more time with them instead of in the kitchen.

Fondue is fun and it’s a great way to socialize with people over delicious food. Yes, it was big in the 70s but it’s back again and based on the popularity of Electric Fondue sets, it’s here to stay!

How to Make Fondue

Preparing fondue normally entails two steps: preparing the warm liquid in which you will dip food and prepare the dippers into bite-sized pieces. For hot broth and hot oil fondue, you have an additional step: making fondue dips in which your guests dip the cooked meat or veggies before eating them.

Here’s an idea on how each type of fondue works:

Cheese Fondue. Cheese fondue can be served as an appetizer or as a main meal. While the traditional Swiss cheese fondue recipe contains white wine and three kinds of cheese, you have many other options to explore, including Mexican cheese fondue, milk-based recipes and many cheddar and beer cheese fondue recipes. The most common dippers are pieces of bread, cooked vegetables, cooked meat and apples. If you’re having Mexican cheese fondue, don’t forget to dip tortilla chips in the melted cheese!

Chocolate Fondue. Chocolate fondue can be served in a chocolate Fondue Pot or you can follow a slightly different recipe and serve it in a chocolate fondue fountain. You will find several easy chocolate fondue recipes that contain milk, dark, semisweet, bittersweet or white chocolate. Milk, cream or liqueurs are often added to improve the texture and flavor. The best dippers for chocolate fondue are: bite-sized pieces of fruit, cookies, wafers, waffles, cake, nuts, macaroons, pretzels and biscotti.

Dessert Fondue - Easy Desserts Recipes. Why not have a Peanut Butter, caramel or maple syrup fondue instead of the regular chocolate fondue? If you opt for peanut butter, you’ll have to confirm that none of your guests are allergic, but it’s delicious! You can dip fruit, nuts, chocolate pieces and other desserts into it.

Broth-Based and Hot-Oil Fondue. These fondue recipes are served as a main course. Think of it as having a communal cooking pot in the center of the table where everyone dips bite-sized pieces of meat, seafood and/or vegetables. Obviously, the broth-based version is healthier for you and you can make a chicken, turkey, beef, seafood or vegetable broth. Once your dippers are cooked, you dip them into assorted sauces to add to the fondue experience. These fondue sauces are also called dip and they should be selected to complement the types of dippers and the broth or oil used in the fondue. You should offer a minimum of three dips for your guests to use.

To find great tasting fondue recipes, easy dip recipes, useful information on how to make fondue and fondue equipment recommendations, visit http://www.BestFondue.com.

About the Author

Caroline Begin is the writer and webmaster for http://www.Relaxation-at-Home.com and http://www.BestFondue.com. She is a professional freelance writer, webmaster and translator who creates original web content in English and French. To contact her, visit http://www.CarolineBegin.com.

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