Irish Fondue Recipes

TAREK'S IRISH STOUT FONDUE

Steps:

• Combine white Cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, Parmesan cheese, and cornstarch together in a bowl; set aside.
• Stir Irish stout beer, steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, hot pepper sauce, and mustard powder together in a fondue pot; set heat under fondue pot to medium.
• Stir cheese mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, into stout beer mixture in fondue pot until cheese is completely melted and the fondue is thick and smooth. Do not let the fondue boil.
• Season with black pepper to taste.

IRISH CHEDDAR AND STOUT FONDUE

Steps:

• Steam all vegetables until tender, about 15 minutes. Arrange vegetables and apples around edge of large platter.
• Meanwhile, toss cheese with flour in large bowl. Bring 3/4 cup stout, juice concentrate, and mustard to simmer in large saucepan over medium heat. Gradually add cheese mixture, stirring constantly, until cheese is melted and smooth, thinning with more stout, if desired. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer fondue to bowl. Place in center of platter with vegetables.

IRISH BLUE CHEESE FONDUE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl toss blue cheese, flour, cayenne and dry mustard together; set aside.
• Place lager and half-and-half in a fondue pot over medium-high heat; stir to combine. Bring liquid to a simmer and slowly stir in cheese mixture; continue stirring until cheese is completely melted. Season with salt. Serve immediately with apples, bread, broccoli, and peppers.

IRISH FONDUE

Steps:

• Prepare salmon tartare (separate recipe), if using.
• Trim the leeks, wash well, and shake dry. Cut into bite-size pieces. Bring lightly salted water to boil and blanch the leeks for 3 minutes. Drain well. Cut the rye bread into bite-size cubes. Arrange with the leeks.
• Cut the cheese into very small cubes or grate coarsely. Lightly heat the beer in a fondue pot (caquelon) on the stove. Gradually add cheese and melt over low heat, stirring constantly (this will take 30 to 35 minutes).
• Stir the cornstarch with the whiskey, pour into cheese, and bring to boil, stirring. Season the mixture with pepper and Worcestershire sauce and set the fondue burner, holding it just at the boiling point. Garnish with dill sprigs. Spear leeks and bread pieces on fondue forks and draw through the cheese mixture. Offer smoked salmon tartare alongside.