Do you Fondue?

​Listed as a national food dish of Switzerland, Fondue is something everyone needs to try at least once in their life.

​Despite being very rich and filling, a Cheese Fondue is a taste sensation of heavenly cheeses that will explode your taste buds. It takes many hours to gentle compile and simmer the base. Usually a blend of gorgeous alpine cheeses that taste delicious on their own. It is a a half day affair to prepare properly.

 A little garlic here, a little nutmeg and dark spices there and a generous blend of wines that lose their alcohol content in the very long stirring process. ​ When swooshing your long stick and bread cube in the liquidy cheese, try not to lose your bread and rather than mopping up the last bit of melted cheese from the bottom of the pot, let the flame continue to cook the cheese on the bottom of the pot so that a dark crust forms. This crust is called the religieuse and thought to be the end treat. 

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Then there is also the luxury Chocolate or "Schoggi" Fondue, that will send your sugar levels to Mars with the velvety blends of chocolate that you choose to use. Using only the best chocolate, such as Callier and a slow melt time one needs to be patient. Soon enough one is swooshing a skewered strawberry through the dreamy chocolate vortex.....

Found in 18th century cookbooks from France and Belgium, Fondue recipes called for the Swiss Gruyère cheese. So the Swiss farmers were savouring these tasty meals for many centuries earlier as a a meal served on the farm. Melting end pieces of cheese in a pot, the family members would dip stale bread into the luscious golden melting pot. A time for family and forgetting daily quarrels as they shared their simple but delectable meal. 

​Besides, bread cubes, many people swirl pineapple or gergins in the golden cheese melt on their skewers. And it's not unusual to finish the meal with a glass of schnapps or white wine as a digestive.

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