It's my turn to cook for Valentine's this year and I kind of want to bust out our fondue set. We've owned it for over 4 years and have never used it! Have you ever done your own fondue? Is it hard? Any good recipes or tips to share? 
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YES!! I loves me some fondue. Depending on what you want to do, cheese is delicious for an appetizer but a little harder to get right. I love a good wine/broth fondue to cook my meat/veggies/pasta in. I also love oil for meat, especially if you have egg wash and breadcrumbs on the table. Chicken piece on fork, egg wash, bread crumbs, in hot oil, mmmmm.
I also suggest marinating your meats before you cook them. Makes it that much more delicious.
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We did but the cheese one we made was yucky. The chocolate one was fantastic!
We just followed the recipes that came w/ the set and it was easy.
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@prettylizy: Mmmm! What kinds of meat/proteins do you get?
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@BabyBoecksMom: Haha I should open the box to see what recipes there are, huh? Duh me!
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We do fondue a lot. Love apples, bread, veggies, we rarely do meat.
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@Boogs: Boneless skinless chicken breasts, beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin are my faves. DH likes shrimp and scallops. If we're doing oil I do mushrooms and zucchini, if we're doing broth/wine I'll add broccoli, cauliflower potatoes and some sort of ravioli.
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I don't think I've ever had fondue in general! Good luck on your at home fondue!! Sounds super romantic!
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We did chocolate, which was awesome! I wasn't a huge fan of the cheese one we did... it had a weird consistency.
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Yes we've done chocolate fondue and its super easy and yummy. This is a good recipe http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/chocolate-fondue-recipe/index.html
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We've done chocolate fondue a few times. Yum!
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@Mrs. Jacks: Dip all that in cheese? Is the cheese hard to do?
@prettylizy: That sounds amazing!
I'm looking forward to trying this out next month now!
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i haven't but i love fondue! i like cheese.
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@Pepper: @X0X0X0: @mrs. wagon: The chocolate will be for sure if all else fails!
@X0X0X0: Thanks for the recipe!
@Alivoo01: Thanks! You should try it sometime! We used to have a place we really liked that was local. They unfortunately closed that location and their other one is too far for us.
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We do cheese fondue a couple times per year. We have a good classic fondue recipe. They key is in the ingredients. We buy emmentaler and gruyere from Whole Foods or a specialty cheese shop. The recipe also calls for Kirsch, which is a cherry brandy. Fondue is so yummy!
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I've never tried because it looks hard to do.
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@Boogs: Which place did you like? I've been to a few around the Bay.
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@Boogs: The cheese is pretty easy. It's emmentaller and/or gruyere with a little wine and Kirsch with a tablespoon of flour for thickening.
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Cheese fondue is gonig to be my no more MSPI celebration meal. Eat alllll the cheeeeessseees!!!
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@MaisyMay: Melting Pot. Had just the dessert at La Fondue, and it was good but pricey.
@Mrs. Jacks: I think I can handle that, thanks.
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We have a fondue! The Melting Pot has a cookbook you can buy and I have done a couple of their recipes and they were so good!
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It's super simple to make! You should definitely try it. I think the quality of the cheese does make a big difference, so be aware of that. I have one recipe my mom always made growing up, but usually I just google recipes until I find one that looks yummy. Oh, and dessert fondue is one of my favorites, too.
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@mrsmenow: They do?! I may need to buy!
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@prettylizy: Careful, my system couldn't handle dairy for a little while after. I had to ease back in. You might be in for a world of hurt if you go straight for fondue. Then again, the hurt might be worth it!
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We do cheese fondue every Christmas with DH's family because they're Swiss. You need Emmentaler cheese, kirsch, and gruyere. The figure 8 stirring pattern is really important!
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Oh and white wine.
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i love fondue. I would eat it every month if I could but DH finds it too long. I make my own dipping sauces, and pair it with roasted potatoes & garlic butter. yum!
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@Mrs. Jacks: I actually just talked to my Doc about this. She suggested I wean myself back onto dairy slowly, and has a digestive enzyme that she wants me to take. I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning though I just want CHEEEEESSSEE! lol!
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YES! We've done cheese and chocolate. I also have a fondue set, but we cooked the fondue on the stovetop and then transferred it to the fondue pot to serve it. Delicious!
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@Mrs. Sunglasses: Might need to blog that.
@JessiBee: That's a great idea!
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@Boogs: haha. seriously everyone thinks i should blog recipes but i am no where close to being a good cook. it's simple. potatoes, garlic butter, onions in foil in oven.
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@Mrs. Sunglasses: That is a great blog post! People love simple!
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Not as an adult, but my dad used to make it a lot when I was younger. I loved it then, but DH is meh about it so I haven't made it.
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@Boogs: okay next time i make some i'll try and remember to take pics.
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@Mrs. Sunglasses: I look forward to the Instagram sneak peek.
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@Boogs: hehe! of course!
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@Boogs: I had a roommate who worked there, so she showed us how to order cheap...like $50 for 2 people for dinner and dessert. It wasn't cheap by other places standards, but cheap by L.F.'s. There's a place in Livermore that I want to try.
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@MaisyMay: Wow really? I'm impressed!
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We did cheese and as much as I love cheese, I felt so sick afterwards from too much cheese!
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I did this also for our first Valentines day together. I got a beer cheese recipe online and it was deliscious! We ended up skipping dinner and just eating that. I have also tried chocolate a couple times but couldn't get a good consistancy so I will be trying a new recipe next time.
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