Oriental cheese fondue

Total: 40 min. | Active: 40 min.
vegetarian, gluten-free

Ingredients

for 6 person

Nut & spice mix
60 g hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
20 g unsalted, shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped
2 tbsp sunflower seeds
1 ½ tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp caraway seeds
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp ground coriander seeds
¼ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp black pepper, crushed
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp sea salt
Fondue
500 g baby potatoes
  salted water, boiling
garlic clove, cut in half
800 g fondue cheese mix
1 tbsp Maizena cornflour
3 dl milk water (1/2 milk, 1/2 water)
100 g dried apricots
100 g dried figs, cut in half
100 g pitted prunes

How it's done

Nut & spice mix

Toast the nuts in a non-stick frying pan for approx. 7 mins. along with all the other ingredients up to and including the nutmeg, stirring constantly. Remove, leave to cool and crush with a mortar and pestle, mix in the fleur de sel.

Fondue

Cook the potatoes in salted water for approx. 15 mins. until soft. Rub the garlic around the fondue pot, add the cheese mix to the pot. Mix the cornflour with the milky water, pour into the cheese, stir continuously over a medium heat until the cheese has melted. Add the spice mix to the fondue. Place the fondue pot on a burner, serve the fondue with dried fruit and potatoes.

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