Recipes
Cheese Fondue Just For Two by Clodagh McKenna
This is a delicious Valentine’s day treat and a great way to start off a romantic evening for two.Serves: 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
| Ingredients |
|---|
| 1 garlic clove, peeled |
| 75ml dry white wine |
| 200g SuperValu Fresh Cut Ementhal Cheese, grated |
| 200g SuperValu Supreme Gruyère Cheese, grated |
| Pinch of nutmeg |
| 2 tbsps of Kirch |
| SuperValu Cooks Ingredients Sea salt |
| SuperValu Cooks Ingredients Black pepper, freshly ground |
| Serve with an assortment of gherkins, cured ham, pickled onions and chunks of country loaf bread. |
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rub interior of a stainless steel saucepan with the garlic clove, then discard the garlic. Add white wine and bring to a simmer over a medium heat. |
| 2 | Add in the Ementhal and Gruyère cheese and a pinch of nutmeg. Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, until cheese melts. |
| 3 | Stir the Kirch into the cheese mixture. Continue to stir and simmer until cheese mixture becomes smooth, about 5 minutes, then season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. If the fondue is too thick, add in a splash more white wine. |
| 4 | To serve, transfer to a fondue pot and set over a flame. To eat, dip the gherkins, ham, pickled onions or chunks of bread with a fondue fork into the cheese fondue and enjoy! |
Clodagh’s Top Tip:
Other cheeses that work really well in this dish include Fontina cheese and a good quality Irish cheddar.