Not So Fond o' This Fondue
I was hoping to be able to share with you a wonderful, festive fondue recipe, dense with Gruyere cheese, diced shrimp, white wine, and tarragon.Alas, what I am able to share with you instead is this glop. Rhymes with flop.
The cheesiness never quite came together with the white wine - apple juice - lemon juice liquidness, save for about 20 seconds mid-cooking, and even then I had to whisk furiously to keep the whole thing from looking like a chemistry experiment gone awry.
As Julia Child liked to chirp, Never Apologize.
So I shan't apologize, but simply direct you, if you have a hankering for a nice, festive dinner of cheese fondue, to try instead this recipe.
Cheers.
Labels: flops
posted by Lynn at
5:45 PM
27 Comments:
So yummy, Lynn!
I just love fondue... thank you for popping by my place! So nice to "meet" you!
Happy day!
Christina
Lynn -- When Hubby and i were teenagers was the first time fondue was so popular, but he let me know right then that he didn't like food that you had to "work" for every bite. :) So, needless to say, I've never had a fondue pot.
btw, I posted a recipe for peanut clusters today that you make in the crock pot that I thought you might be interested in. The other recipe I posted is one I think I must have gotten from you -- cranberry orange fudge. If I did, thank you! It is wonderful. :)
I have never made fondue because I've been too afraid! I will have to try some though because it sounds yummy.
Thanks for stopping by my blog:)
Addhumorandfaith, that's funny that your husband doesn't like having to "work" for his food. :) I love fondue because it's such a nice, cozy meal and it really forces you to slow down and enjoy the evening.
I'm heading over to check out your recipes -- the cranberry orange fudge recipe wasn't from me, but it sounds divine.
The only thing I'd want in a fondue pot would be chocolate.
Thanks for sharing your flops - they are sometimes as important as the winners.
I love fondue, but I've only made it once (with similar results to yours, lol!). I'll have to give it another try!
Hi Lynn! The fondue sounds wonderful - all those flavors! So . . . did the cheese break? Was it just a bad recipe? How come it didn't turn out? Because now I want to make it, it sounds so good! Let's not talk about the picture of gloppy goo, shall we? Ha! Ha!
Karenpie, I'm really not sure what happened and why I couldn't get the whole thing to congeal properly. I've made fondue a number of times, with a number of different recipes, and it has happened before (where the liquid and cheese wouldn't quite combine) but not often. I've got to say, the flavor was outstanding, but I was still most disappointed because we couldn't dip our bread/mushrooms/carrots, we just had to spoon the glop over the food on our plates :(. When I reheated it the next day, it came together much better. I have no clue. Any ideas?
Lynn, thank you for your kind comment on my blog. Hope you'll stop by and visit again soon! :)
Hi Lynn
I'm so glad you left a comment on my blog so I could find your great blog. I will be looking around it.
I cook a lot and sometimes, for no reason I can figure out, a recipe just does not work right. And then there are the bad recipes too.
But I just move on the next recipe and keep cooking.
Oh bummer. :( The ingredients sounded SOO Good together too!
Hi Lynn, thanks for stoppig by and your lovely comment:-) How funny I just watched a Martha show and she was making a fondue and it looked soooo good. I think I need to try this!
You get an A+ for your cheese fondue and an A+++ for attitude. I guess we all have a little bit of Julia Child's wonderful spark inside of us. Thanks for stopping by my blog. :-)
What a great recipe! I always have bits of leftover cheese and I never think of doing the fondue thing. Thanks for reminding me! Plus the ingredients are so few, I will have no excuse!
Fondue is divine. Sorry, this attempt did not work out. I hope that you are going to try again!
I'm sorry this didn't work out! I guess you can't win em all. Fondue seems like it's the kind of thing that's tougher than it looks...
pk @ Room Remix
Sounds like it WOULD have been yummy! Thanks for sharing the other recipe too. Have a good weekend...
Sorry this didn't work out for you because the combination of ingredients sounds very very good.
Hi Lynn! Sorry it took me so long to get back here! About your floppy fondue - the only thing I can think is that you "broke" the cheese. It's when you heat/melt the cheese too quickly over heat that's too high. The fat in the cheese separates from the cheese solids so you have a greasy, liquidy part and a thick, gloppy part and the two won't come together. I think there's a way to fix it using cornstarch. Why do I know this? Am I a know-it-all? Well, probably, but I know this because I did it when I made fondue for a fancy-schmancy dinner party and felt like a complete dork. Breaking the cheese doesn't affect the taste, just the appearance, so it tasted alright but looked like a mess.
I'd make it again and POST THE RECIPE because it sounds fantastic!
Ah, i can relate. After all of my recent baking disasters, I know how you feel. Just try another recipe.
Flops happen... In our family we have fondue on Christmas Eve. Which reminds me, I need to get a new pot! :~D
I'm slow getting here. But, every time I've tried to make cheese fondue from scratch this happened. I gave up and now just buy the fondue cheese round from the deli section at the grocery store. I usually buy two different ones and mix them (for 4 people to 6 people). Sad, but once in a while pre-prepared items work better than home made.
I love fondue, specially when it is cold :-) so far the recipes that we follow worked pretty good...and usually we finalize with a chocolate one :-)
Sorry to hear about the fondue not working out. I have been wanting to try a cheese fondue, but I'm waiting for Xmas when I hope to get a fondue pot :D Sounds like your swiss cheese fondue is one worth trying!!
I appreciate your honesty and to hear I'm not the only one who has kitchen flops! :)
~ingrid
I love that you put up a post about a recipe that you hated! I wish more people would do that. Not every recipe is a winner. More! More!
Happy New Year! Sarah at www.MommyliteOnline.com
Too funny...I've only tried to make fondue once and it came out just about like that!
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