Non Alcoholic Cheese Fondue – A Holiday Day Treat for your Kids
My kids love this cheese fondue recipe. It’s nice to make this for Valentine’s Day dinner, to make it a special meal for them. Here’s the recipe for Non-Alcoholic Cheese Fondue…
Non Alcoholic Cheese Fondue
1 pound Swiss* cheese
2 cloves of Garlic
3 T. All-Purpose Flour
2 T. Butter
1 1/2 cups Milk
½ T. Lemon Juice
1/8 tsp. ground Nutmeg
Salt and Pepper to taste
*You can mix Swiss and Gruyere for a stronger taste. Some people prefer Cheddar.Dippers – Italian or French Bread cut into about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ inch pieces is a must! We also like thin sausage cut into bite sized pieces. If you’d like you can serve slices of apple on the side.
Peel garlic and slice the cloves in half the long way so the most inner surface is showing. Rub a heavy saucepan with two halves of the garlic for flavoring. Rub the fondue pot with the other two garlic halves.
Grate the cheese and mix with 1 T. of the flour.
Melt the butter in saucepan over medium-low heat. Add rest of flour. Stir well till smooth. Add about ½ cup of milk and stir till smooth. Slowly add the rest of the milk, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens to about the consistency of light cream. Add a handful of cheese and keep stirring. Let the cheese melt and then add another handful and stir until it melts. Repeat the process until all the cheese is melted.
Once all the cheese has been added and the mixture is smooth, you can stir in the nutmeg, salt and pepper. Finally, add the lemon juice. Stir well till the mixture is smooth once again.
Light the sterno and add cheese mixture to the fondue pot. Eat immediately! Spear bread and dunk in fondue and enjoy. Scrape the bottom of the pot with whatever you’re dipping from time to time to keep it from burning.
Bon Appétit!
Lisa
March 6th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
WELL my foods group and I are wanting to make fondue for our upcoming free lab but we’re not sure how many people this recipe is made for. There are 4 of us in my group, soo..if you could just get back to me on that it’d be reeealll nice. THANK YOU!
Kyle G
The Canadian Prince
March 6th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
If you’re not eating anything else, and there are 4 adults, I’d one and a half or double the recipe. You’ll probably have leftovers, but at least you won’t have to worry about not having enough.
September 16th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
Your recipie looks good but i’m throwing a sweet 16 party for myself and I was wondering if you coud substitute vegtable broth instead of the milk. I am afraid of muting the flavor. if you could e-mail me with a reply as soon as possible i would really appritiate it. Thank you for your time, and help.
September 16th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
I’ve seen chicken broth used as a substitution for wine in non-alcoholic fondue. I believe chicken broth would have more flavor than vegetable broth. Though I think vegetable broth might be okay. I’ve never made it that way.
If you’re using broth, I’d only use one cup instead of 1 1/2 cup like in the milk recipe, since broth is thinner than milk.
Good luck and let us know how it turns out!
-Lisa
December 29th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
I like this recipe but I have a fondue set so how do i still make this?
December 31st, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I’ve always just made it in the sauce pan and then transferred it to my fondue set to serve.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Me too – I make it stove top 1st.
December 31st, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Great recipe! I never thought of making it in a seperate pot first, but it works much better that way. I used all Gruyere- it was absolutely delicious! Thanks.
February 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I made non-alcoholic fondue tonight following my regular fondue recipe, but substituting chicken broth for wine and leaving out the brandy. My daughter loved it more than the one above (she’s not that into milk). My son liked it just as much as the one above.
I could taste the chicken broth. So make sure you don’t mind that taste if you make it that way.
The next time I’ll try it with half chicken broth/half vegetable broth.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Hmmmm… sounds good. I’m making cheese fondue for 2 adults and 2 kids tomorrow night. I’ll try this recipe as written and let you know how it went over :)
June 9th, 2008 at 1:01 am
It was wonderful recipe. I passed to all my friends. It’s very informative.
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July 30th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Kraft Foods Philippines donated 200 cases of cheese to our organization. We would like to make cheese fondue for our slum dwellers but didn’t know where to start. Thanks to this website, we will try & serve it this Sat.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Just had to post to say thank you for the best fondue! We are making it part of our holidays this year, as we did last year, and it’s the star of the dinner! Again, thank you so much! :))
December 12th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Hi Lisa
I am writing a cookbook called “The Curious Cook”. I have been searching for a non-alcoholic cheese fondue recipe for ages and this is the only one i’ve managed to find. Would it be okay with you if I include your recipe in my cookbook? I did say where i got the recipe:) Please get back to me on this.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Fabulous recipe. It is Hogmanay here on the West coast of Scotland and we have just devoured this! We know it is going to become a firm family favourite.As my 10 year old just typed “Its really nice!”