Can Yu Fondue?

[Hannah]

Fondue Recipes



This is what we do every yar for New Years Eve. (With the same friends, for 25 years now!). We serve Oil, Cheese, and Chocolate Fondues, and a platter of vegetables and dip. (broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, mushrooms, green peppers & celery, etc) and your favorite veggie dip.


Oil Fondue:Make an assortment of sauces for dipping. I have a multitude of sugarless sauces that I choose from, as my hubby is diabetic. I’ll post those on a separate thread.

Or - just stroll the condiment aisle.

Suggested Sauces:


BBQ Sauce
Seafood sauce
Steak sauce
Blue Cheese Dressing
Sweet and Sour
Honey Dijon
Plum sauce




Suggested items To Cook in Oil Fondue:

Shrimp
Scallops
Crab or mock crab
Chicken, either cut up breast meat, or wings
Beef (tenderloin)
Ham cubes
Pork
Cheese balls (I usually buy the frozen appetizer type)
Sausage or mild pepperoni or wieners
Small (canned) potatoes
Mushrooms
Two large bottles of canola oil

Carefully heat oil in the fondue pot - I suggest electric pots, less fire hazard. Fill pot slightly more than half full. When oil is hot enough, a bread cube will “fry” when dropped into oil. Give each guest three color coded fondue forks for frying, and one regular fork for removing cooked food from the fondue forks for eating - the fondue forks will be way too hot to eat directly from. Make sure the food to be cooked in the hot oil is patted dry, because too much surface moisture will cause excessive “spitting” when put in the hot oil.






Cheese Fondue:

Ingredients:

½ - 1 cup dry white wine (use AF if you are AF!)
¼ tsp garlic powder
1 lb Swiss cheese, in small cubes
4 tsp cornstarch
1 tbsp Kirsch (leave out if AF)

Combine wine and garlic in fondue pot, boil. Toss cheese with cornstarch, add to wine mixture a bit at a time, stirring as you add. Stir in Kirsch, and a sprinkle of nutmeg and pepper.

I usually just buy two pre-made packages of fondue from the dairy case.
You will need one or two crusty French bread or baguettes to cut into cubes for dipping.



Chocolate Fondues:

Basic:

2 x 11.5 oz pkgs of milk chocolate chips
1 cup whipping cream
¼ tsp mint extract or 1 - 2 tbsp crème de menthe, optional
Melt chocolate chips and cream together. Add mint flavouring, if using.

Terry’s Chocolate Orange Snowball
2 Minute Fondue



1 Terry’s Chocolate Orange ( or Strawberry) Snowball
¼ cup whipping cream

Place in a microwave able bowl. Microwave on medium for 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute.


TToblerone 1 Minute Fondue:

Place 2 bars (100 gm/4 oz), broken into triangles, and ½ cup milk or cream in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on medium for 1 minute, stirring after 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir until completely melted.


Diabetic Sugarless #1:

½ cup unsweetened apple juice, or milk.
Several drops of Stevia
2 tsp cornstarch
¼ cup Splenda
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 oz unsweetened chocolate, chipped

Combine apple juice and cornstarch, cook until thickened. Stir in sweetener and vanilla. Pour over chipped chocolate and stir until melted. 2 tbsp equal 6.5 grams carbohydrate.

Diabetic Sugarless #2:

Melt a diabetic chocolate bar with a few T cream. Add ½ cup Splenda, 1 tsp vanilla, and up to one cup cream or evaporated skim milk.


Diabetic Chocolate Fondue from Choice Menus Cookbook:


¼ cup soft margarine or butter
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup corn syrup (or pancake syrup)
1 ½ cups evaporated skim milk
4 tsp cornstarch
½ cup Splenda
2 tsp vanilla or rum extract

Melt margarine over medium/low heat. Whisk in cocoa until smooth. Gradually add syrup, milk, and cornstarch. Cook gently until bubbly and smooth, then stir in Splenda and vanilla. Full recipe makes 2 cups, ½ recipe makes 1 cup.

Per ¼ cup = 17 g carb

ENJOY!

[chrysa]

YUM Hannah..thanks

[Bluebell]

I want a fondue thing.

I have never owned a fondue thing but have often fantasised about having one. Are there different types? ie is there one kind for heating oil and another kind for just melting chocolate?

[Hannah]

Hi Bluebelll - There are many types of pots out there. The best ones are electric, not that messy fondue fuel kind, and have nonstick coating and a thermostat. You can use this kind for oil, cheese or chocolate because you can adjust the temperature. Of course, the oil fondue is high heat, and the cheese and chocolate lower heat. Ask for one (or two) for Christmas!