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Elegant fondue featuring Vacherin cheese

Elegant fondue featuring Vacherin cheese

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The Fribourgeois fondue, or fondue with Gruyère cheese: a cheese melted in warm water and with garlic, to be enjoyed immediately with bread or apple slice…

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Recipe from Pietrodn, Avesan, Superchilum and 7 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Swiss fondue is made using only Vacherin Fribourgeois cheese. It is very rich and easier to digest than other types of fondue, and is typically served with bread or apples.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Total25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfondue
  • Estimated cost$0.29 $0.29 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

1 people
  • $0.05
  • $0.03
  • $0.21

Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the cheese into small cubes of a few cubic centimeters and place them in a metal bowl, never in a ceramic one: the heat does not circulate well in ceramic, and the temperature is not evenly distributed. ≈ 8 min
  2. Add a little warm water (about 1 dl for 1 kg of cheese) and the crushed cloves of Allium sativum, then place the pan over the heat to melt the cheese.
  3. Stir slowly and continuously with a spatula or large spoon, using circular motions to bring the bottom of the pan towards the surface and distribute the heat evenly. ≈ 4 min
  4. If the fondue is too thick, add a little warm water, or white wine (or kirsch) at room temperature for a more intense flavour, but do not exceed 1.5 dl per kilogram of cheese: Vacherin cheese does not tolerate the acidity of wine well. ≈ 3 min
  5. Once the cheese is melted, add pepper to taste and heat thoroughly until a slight steam rises. Serve immediately and enjoy.

The bill

Elegant fondue featuring Vacherin cheese

  • 1 clove of garlic per person$0.05
  • pepper$0.03
  • bread or apple pie to accompany$0.21

Total$0.29

that's $0.29 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 250 g of Vacherin Fribourgeois cheese per person
  • Warm water (approximately 100 ml per kg of cheese)
  • 1 clove of garlic per person
  • White wine (optional)
  • Kirsch (optional)
  • pepper
  • bread or apple pie to accompany

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