Point Reyes Blue Cheese & Oatmeal Stout Fondue
Combining blue cheese and stout and creating Fondue.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 6 – 8guests | 10minute |
| Cook Time |
| 15minute |
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Ingredients
Point Reyes Blue Cheese and Oatmeal Stout Fondue Ingredients:
- 2tablespoon butter, unsalted
- 1each shallotpeeled and minced
- 1tablespoon thyme leaves, fresh
- 1cup Oatmeal Stout,such as Firestone Walker Velvet MerlinFirestone Walker Velvet Merlin or Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout
- 1cup cream, heavy
- 12ounce Point Reyes Original Blue, crumbledmore cheese info here
- 1tablespoon cornstarch
- 8ounce cream cheese
- 3/4teaspoon Black Peppercracked fresh
Fondue Serving Ingredients:
- 2each hanger steaks,cooked sous vide to 133°F/56.1°C for 1 hour, or medium rare
- 6each mushrooms, crimini,quartered
- 6each figs,fresh or dried
- 2each fennelsliced and caramelized
- 2each Belgian endive
- 2each bread loaves,with walnut and/or dried apricot, cubed
Instructions
- In a medium sized pot, over medium heat, add the butter and lightly brown it. Add the shallots and sauté until caramelized, about 8 minutes. Add the thyme and deglaze the pan with stout and pour in the cream, warming to almost a simmer. In a bowl, toss the crumbled blue with cornstarch. Whisk in the blue and cream cheeses into the hot beer cream mixture, mixing until smooth. Season with the black pepper and pour into a fondue pot or smaller ramekins with candle warmers. Prepare the fondue dipping ingredients by slicing, cubing and arranging onto a serving platter. Get the fondue forks ready and serve. Disco playlist optional.
Recipe Notes
Other Beer Cheese Sauce | Fondue Tips:
- A wonderful loaf of sourdough bread is a great accompaniment to any fondue. Try different local or homemade breads to further individualize the meal.
- Blanching vegetables makes them easier to skewer and sometimes more tasty. Take a large 10 – 12 quart pot of water adding in a 1/4 – 1/2 a cup of salt (water should taste like seawater) and bring to a boil. Cook each prepped vegetable separately for 2 – 3 minutes, then remove from the pot and add to a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.
- Vegetables that benefit from blanching: cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, green beans and asparagus.
- But I don’t have a fondue pot, don’t worry. Try a heavy-bottom pot, double boiler or a ceramic baking dish like a soufflé dish.
- If the cheese is not melting smoothly, add a few drops of lemon juice or malt vinegar to help break down the cheese protein.
- Not enough fondue fork | skewers, use bamboo skewers are a substitute.
- If the fondue is too thick, add more beer, one tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
- Keep the fondue over low heat, if using Sterno Cooking Fuel
or portable Butane stove
. Too high of a temperature can scorch the fondue.
- If using flame heat at the table, be prepared in case of a spill and have a fire extinguisher on hand.
or 
. Too high of a temperature can scorch the fondue.Other Beer Cheese Sauce| Fondue Recipes:
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Chocolate Cherry Fondue
Chocolate Stout Fondue
Dungeness Crab Fondue
German Beer Cheese Sauce
Goat Cheese Fondue with Chanterelle Mushrooms and Gueuze
Hot Oil Fondue
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