At the beginning of summer break, we have our daughters each write a summer bucket list. Their lists include anything and everything they hope to do that summer while on vacation from school. This year’s summer bucket lists included family bike rides, swimming, play dates, slumber parties with their cousins, camping, a day at the beach, going to the county fair, watching a movie at the theater and trying new foods.
When asked what new foods they wanted to try, my oldest said she wanted to try cheese fondue. So, to check something off her bucket list, we made cheese fondue.
We wanted the cheese sauce to have a bold smoky flavor to compliment the foods we were going to dip into the sauce. After trial and error, we came up with the following recipe.
Ingredients:
2 cups of shredded medium cheddar cheese
1 TBS cornstarch
1 cup hot water
2 bouillon cubes in any flavor you wish (I used beef because we were going to have beef along with our fondue.)
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp smoked paprika powder
Directions:
Place your bouillon cubes into the cup of hot water. Stir to dissolve and set aside. After shredding your cheese, sprinkle the cornstarch on top of it and lightly toss to coat. Set your cheese blend aside as well. In a hot cast iron skillet, add the water bouillon cube mixture, mustard powder, and smoked paprika powder. Once blended, reduce the heat to warm and begin adding your cheese a little at a time. Stir using a constant figure 8 motion. Once all the cheese has been added, melted, and come together in a nice sauce, remove the skillet from the heat. Then stir in your Worcestershire to complete the sauce. Serve your Smokey Cheddar Cheese Foude with a few different dippers. We chose fresh sourdough bread, broccoli spears, and beef cubes.
We had so much fun with our “new food.” I am really glad my daughter added this to her summer bucket list.
Hello, my name is Laurie. My family and I live near the Oregon coast. When we aren’t at work, in school, or on the volleyball court, we enjoy traveling, cheering for our favorite sports teams, playing outdoors, and checking off items on our bucket list. We are lucky in that both sets of our parents, as well as our siblings and their families, live within an hour of us. We get together often to help one another out, celebrate milestones, and go on adventures together.
I am totally pinning this I have tried many a fondue recipe but I can never find one that I love, I love fondue and my kids would try this just for the experience, we do chocolate with fruits and its always a hit.
Yum! This fondue recipe sounds delicious! I have never made my own before, but I am a little obsessed with cheese so I definitely need to try! I doubt that this would last long in our house. 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing!
You had me at the word cheese. I love a good fondue. hey used to be so popular, I am glad to see it is making a comeback. It s fun to eat, and the possibilities ae almost endless. It can be as fancy or as simple as you wish. Yours looks good, great bucket list item!
Although we love cheese and eat it a lot, we seldom eat fondue. I will buy cheese wiz or other. That being said, this does sound easy to make and looks delicious. I just may try it.
Clean pan! Have not had fondue in years, way back when it was very popular we would make it all the time. I like that you used smoked paprika powder in it. I have been using it a lot lately on meats in my air fryer.
Bucket list was a great ideal hope it is something you do each summer.
This recipe made me remember I bought smoked paprika for the first time to try it in some recipes, but totally forgot about it. I’d love to try this, as I like using veggies this way. I know it is important to use the cornstarch this way, as it will help prevent the cheese from sticking together in a big clumps! Sounds delish!
I had never thought of that, but I bet my grandchildren would definitely eat everything if they could dip it in cheese. Being from Wisconsin, everything is better with cheese.
I had never thought of that, but I bet my grandchildren would definitely eat everything if they could dip it in cheese. Being from Wisconsin, everything is better with cheese.
I have always wanted to try this but have yet to do so. I bet my kids would really love this. Guess what we will be doing this weekend.. Thanks so much..
Fondue is so good! I remember the old fondue pots, I think they are making a comeback! I have always liked the cheese fondues the best. I think you can dip anything in cheese and it is good.
I have not had fondue in years and I don’t think my children have ever had it. This would be so much fun to try the next time we get together. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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That looks so good. My sister’s family would love to have that every day. They eat so much cheese. I will tell her about it. Thank you.