Traditional Fondue Fribourgeois - Legendary and Original by rabino - Recipe Print View

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Rub the garlic around the inside of a ceramic or heavy saucepan, then remove the pieces, just leaving the "taste" of it. Add the wine and warm it over low heat. Start by SLOWLY adding the cheese....and stir vigorously, but slowly, IN ONE DIRECTION only. The cheese will start to melt. When the molten cheese starts becomes uniform in consistency, add the nutmeg, pepper, and lemon juice. Stir together the corn starch and the Kirsch (IMPORTANT!!). Add to the fondue, to give it viscosity.This is an important step. The secret is: if the corn starch is not diluted in the Kirsch, as it hits the cheese it will coagulate and create little "balls" in the cheese. Then you might as well try to cook something else! You are done. If the fondue is too liquid, add more corn starch, mixed with a few drops of water. If too thick, add more wine. Cut the bread in pieces (french baguette or whole wheat bread, or both) and enjoy it! Remember not to drink water with the fondue. Only wine or hot tea. Fondue experts say that water will make the cheese lump up into a ball in the stomach. Recent critics have discovered that this is a myth, but I have chosen to ignore them and enjoy my wine with the fondue.