Fondue

So if you are in Switzerland, you can not NOT try and eat cheese... And what is the famous promoted Swiss cheese specialty? FONDUE!!!

So we had fondue today. The recipe existed around the places here since about 17th century... And the basic idea is that it is grated cheese with some wine - all melted together with some spices, and then you dip the bread pieces into the melt. And enjoy! (read below all about it - with tons and tons of pictures!)

Preparation

We used some marinated pork and chicken, and some traditional bread, so it took some time to prepare the meet. Then cutting up some bread and preparing cheese is a matter of minutes.

Meat:

We marinated in orange juice, white wine, with onions, garlic and dried plums. Very good!

The we grill it with almost no oil at all. May be adding a little bit of marinade as well

The man at work

Bread - make small-ish cubes:

The man is doing a really good job :)

All ready. Instead you can either have veggies, or just little pieces of meat. Everything that goes well with  cheese and can be put on a fork :)

Now we need to prepare the cheese, which I was doing parallel:

Cheese for Fondue in Switzerland is sold in pre-prepared packs, so just take it and melt it (with some white wine)

Le Gruyere is the best for fondue. Or so they say :)

We also added some garlic (yes, because I am a fan of garlic!) and white wine (we even tried it with red, it was good too)

Then start melting it all together

Add spices to taste - pepper, herbs. No salt!

Ready!

Then get a nice atmosphere - it is so important!!! :)

My bf is the best - he does bring me a rose, or tulips, or just a
bouquet of flowers out of the bloom :) Lucky girl, I know!

Add some wine in the mix:

And enjoy it:

Then you will really need to digest:

Fondue is GREAT! Try it! Good day to y'all!