Neuchatel Cheese Fondue Recipes

Steps:

• Stir Neufchatel cream cheese in milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat until melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Add Parmesan cheese and garlic salt. Cook and stir until the Parmesan melts, 2 to 3 minutes more. Serve with bread cubes.

Steps:

• Rub the inside of the fondue pot (or chafing dish or crockpot) with cut garlic clove.
• Dredge the shredded cheese in flour.
• Put the wine in the fondue pot and set on stove over low heat.
• When the wine is warm enough to begin sending bubbles to the surface, but NOT HOT, begin to add the cheese, a handful at a time, as you whisk without stopping.
• When all the cheese has been added and melted, slowly stir in the kirsch.
• Rush the hot pot to the table (lamp under pot should be lit with a fairly high flame).
• At the table add pepper and nutmeg.
• Have diners spear pieces of bread, dunk it and swirl it to coat all sides, then lift it from the pot to their plates, twirling to keep it from dripping.
• When cool enough, eat the whole piece at one bite.
• Do NOT let the flame cool, as fondue separates and looks rubbery; if this happens add a little warmed (NOT cold) wine to revive it (wine can also be added to thin it, if needed).
• The custom supposedly is to serve no other food with the fondue and to drink hot coffee or tea with it; 1 small glass of kirsch should be drunk halfway through and another at the end.

Steps:

• In a bowl dredge the cheese in flour. Rub the inside of a caquelon or other fondue pot with halved garlic clove and add wine. Heat on stovetop until warm but not boiling. Add a little lemon juice. Begin to add cheese by handfuls, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until cheese melts to a creamy sauce consistency. Add Kirsch and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Let mixture come to a boil, then take to table and set over a lighted burner. Serve with toasted bread cubes -- either Swiss peasant bread or French or Italian.;

Steps:

• Rub the inside of the pot with cut surface of the garlic. Coarsely grate the cheese and mix them in the pot. Add wine, lemon juice, and cornstarch and stir over medium heat until cheese melts. The lemon juice is important, as it gives a flavorful tang and encourages the cheese to melt quickly. Stir with a wooden spoon in a figure 8 motion to keep it from getting stringy (if it does, keep stirring in figure 8, it will eventually melt correctly). Stir the Kirsch, pepper and nutmeg, and cook a bit longer until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

Steps:

• Rub cut side of garlic on inside of large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed saucepan, preferably cast iron, rubbing the bottom and halfway up the sides. Add wine and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss cheeses with cornstarch. Add a handful at a time to simmering wine, stirring until first handful melts before adding next. Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly until cheese is completely melted. Add kirsch, if using, and heat until bubbling, about 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, if desired. Serve with crusty bread and other accompaniments. (See variations below)

Steps:

• Pour the wine and lemon juice into a heavy-based pan over a medium-low heat and warm until steaming. Add all of the cheese, a handful at a time, whisking between each addition until all the cheese has been added. Continue to stir for 4-5 mins until everything is fully melted, smooth and creamy. Mix the cornflour with the kirsch in a small bowl, then stir this into the cheese mixture. Continue to cook over a low heat for a minute more.
• Rub the garlic on the inside of the fondue pot, if you like, then carefully pour the cheese mixture into the pot and immediately place it over the flame. (If you don't have a fondue set, add the garlic along with the wine in step one, then remove and discard it before you add the kirsch mixture.) Serve immediately with crusty bread, boiled new potatoes, vegetable crudités or cornichons for dunking, if you like. You can place the fondue back over a low heat if you need to reheat it after serving.