Garlicky Vaud Fondue

Submitted by ElleFirebrand

"From "The Everything Fondue" Book. This garlicky fondue is great for cool-weather entertaining. Posted for ZWT 7."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 head garlic, small head
• 14.79 ml olive oil
• 354.88 ml dry white wine
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 453.59 g gruyere cheese, shredded
• 226.79 g emmenthaler cheese, shredded
• 2.46 ml black pepper
• 9.85 ml cornstarch
• 14.79 ml brandy
• 1 baguette, sliced into 1/2-inch slices

directions

1. Remove outer skin from garlic, but leave head intact. Rub with olive oil and wrap in heavy foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Allow to cool, then separate cloves and squeeze garlic into small bowl.
2. Heat wine and lemon juice in a saucepan until hot, but not boiling.
3. Add shredded cheeses to wine and lemon juice in saucepan in 4 batches, stirring in a figure-eight motion, until each addition is melted. Add roasted garlic to cheese and mix until well-blended. Season with black pepper and salt, to taste. Heat fondue until bubbly.
4. Dissolve cornstarch into brandy and stir into fondue.Simmer for 2 minutes, then pour fondue into fondue pot and place over heating source.
5. Serve with sliced baguette and/or sausages and your favorite fondue vegetables.