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Fondue Au Gruyere Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 ½ Tb butter
- 3 Tb flour
- A 2-quart saucepan
- A wire whip
- 1 cups ½boiling milk or boiling light cream
- tsp ½salt
- tsp ⅛pepper
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 egg yolk
- 4 ounces Coarsely grated Swiss or Swiss and Parmesan, cheese, 1 cup
- 2 Tb butter
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Instructions
- Cook the butter and flour slowly together in the saucepan for 2 minutes without coloring. Off heat, beat in the boiling milk or cream, then the seasonings. Boil, stirring, for 1 minute. Sauce should be very thick. Taste for seasoning.
- Remove sauce from heat. Place egg yolk in center of sauce and immediately beat it vigorously in with the wire whip. Beat for a moment to cool slightly, then beat in the cheese, and finally the butter. Taste carefully for seasoning. If not used immediately, dot top of sauce with butter to prevent a skin from forming.