Cheesy Beer Fondue

  • Level: Intermediate
  • Yield: 4 servings
  • Total: 1 hr 10 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Cook: 50 min
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Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 (12-ounce) bottle lager beer

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoon dry mustard

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

4 cups shredded Cheddar

Cracked Wheat Beer Bread, recipe follows

Cracked Wheat Beer Bread:

 1 (1-pound) box quick-mix cracked wheat-style bread mix

 1 (12-ounce) bottle beer

 2 tablespoons melted butter

 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves

 Nonstick baking spray

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes while stirring constantly to make a roux. Add beer and bring to slow boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally until mixture thickens to the consistency of heavy cream. Add Worcestershire, mustard and cayenne, stirring thoroughly. Add cheese 1 cup at a time, melting cheese after each addition. Stir fondue until it is smooth. Turn into fondue pot and serve with cubed Cracked Wheat Beer Bread.

Cracked Wheat Beer Bread:

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Follow ingredients on bread mix package substituting beer for the water. Stir chopped thyme into the melted butter, then stir into the bread batter. Pour batter into a loaf pan coated with baking spray. Bake until browned on top and tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then cube for fondue. Yield: 1 loaf

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Carol D.

This is delicious. However, 4 cups of cheddar was too much. I got to 3.5 cups, and it was getting too thick. I've made a lot of other cheese fondue recipes to know if I put in anymore cheese, it was going to get too thick and perhaps congeal. I think 3 cups would be perfect. Next time, I'll use 3 cups. Yes, there will be a next time because otherwise, this is probably the best tasting cheese fondue I've ever made!

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