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Dessert: Fruit and Cheese Fondue

Source of Recipe

Family Circle (September 1975)


List of Ingredients

2 T butter
2 T flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 c milk
2 c shredded Cheddar Cheese (8 oz)
1/3 c crumbled blue cheese (about 2 oz)



Recipe

Melt butter in a large suacepan; stir in flour, salt and nutmeg to form a smooth paste. Remove from heat; gradually stir in milk.
Return to heat and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened; continue cooking and stirring 2 minutes longer.

Remove from heat; stir in Cheddar and blue cheese. If necesary, return to heat to finish melting cheese, but do not boil.

Pour melted cheese mixture into fondue pot; keep warm. Serve with sliced apples and pears, orange sections, melon chunks/balls, pineapple wedges or grapes. Spear fruits with long-handled fondue forks and dip into the cheese mixture.

Serves 6 to 8.