Monday, August 25, 2008

Fondue For Dummies Luxury Dining Without Gourmet Expertise

Writen by Anne Clarke

Fondue pots are great kitchen accessories to own. Yes, there are complicated recipes you can follow, but there are also simplistic ways to enjoy fondue. The following are a couple of examples of easy-to-make fondue:

Melted cheese:
Just let small squares of cheese melt in your fondue pot. If the mixture is too thick, add a little milk. Some of the things you can use with cheese fondue are breads, meats and veggies etc.

Getting creative:
If you want to get creative with melted cheese, you can try adding different things to the recipe. Maybe you want to spice up your cheese fondue with pepper or salsa, for example. Or perhaps you want to try putting a little rice into the mix—sometimes your own ideas are the best. Who needs fancy training or a book of recipes, right?

Melted chocolate:
Virtually everyone loves chocolate, and if you have a fondue desert buffet, you can include white chocolate, dark chocolate or milk chocolate—and the very best way to serve it is with fruits or cookies—but especially fruits. Strawberries dipped in chocolate are a favorite kind of desert for many people. But melons and pineapple are also typical but very popular fruits for fondue.

Getting creative:
There are lots of things you can do to your chocolate fondue. You can mix two kinds of chocolate together, such as dark chocolate and milk chocolate or milk chocolate with white chocolate. You can also consider mixing any of these with peanut butter. A favorite of mine is to put a little orange flavoring in your dark chocolate for that citrus-dark chocolate taste everyone will love. There are many other things you can add to be extra creative, but remember that sometimes simple is best.

Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for websites on gardening, parenting, fashion, home decor and the culinary arts. Her background includes teaching and gardening. For more of her articles on cooking and baking please visit Cooking with Fondue Pots.

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