Get Ready for National Cheese Fondue Day With This Tasty Recipe!

Original World Champ Cheese Fondue (photo courtesy of The Melting Pot)

It's hard to dispute the popularity of cheese, and cheese fondue is no exception. In fact, April 11 is National Cheese Fondue Day. The earliest known recipe for the melted delicacy dates back to 1699. For over four decades, the fondue-famed restaurant The Melting Pot has been serving it up, with guests consuming 717,560 pounds of cheese fondue annually. Now that is a lot of cheese.

(No wonder Justin Bieber added a little hint of fondue in his 2012 hit "Boyfriend"–"Chillin' by the fire while we eating fondue." Okay, he didn't specify fondue type, but my vote is for the cheese variety.)

Looking for a recipe to celebrate National Cheese Fondue Day? The Melting Pot shared this yummy option made with 2016 World Champion, Roth® Grand Cru® Surchoix cheese.

Original World Champ Cheese Fondue

By The Melting Pot

Ingredients

• 4 oz Pinot Grigio
• ½ tsp shallots, chopped
• ¼ tsp Dijon Mustard
• 6 oz Roth® Grand Cru® Surchoix cheese
• 2.5 oz cornstarch
• ½ tsp scallion, sliced

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Directions

1. Shred cheese and prepare the shredded cheese by dusting with cornstarch

2. Add Pinot Grigio to fondue pot

3. Add shallots and Dijon mustard and stir with small whisk or fork

4. Allow Pinot Grigio to thoroughly warm up before adding cheese

5. Add ⅓ of the cheese and mix thoroughly using small whisk or fork

6. Add the next ⅓ of the cheese and mix thoroughly using small whisk or fork

7. Add the remaining ⅓ of cheese and mix thoroughly until all the cheese is melted and incorporated

8. Use a whipping motion to fluff up the cheese

9. Sprinkle scallions over the top of finished cheese

10. Enjoy!

Kitchen Counter

Serves 2.

photo courtesy of The Melting Pot

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