Fondue is a Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot called a caquelon over a portable stove heated with a candle or spirit lamp, eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables into the cheese with long-stemmed forks. It was promoted as a Swiss national dish by the Swiss Cheese Union in the 1930s to increase cheese consumption, and since the 1950s the term fondue has broadened to cover other dishes in which food is dipped into a communal pot of hot liquid.
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Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountAlpine Switzerland (Zurich) 1 Origin Period, To (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks 1875, when the first recipe for cheese fondue under that name with no eggs (matching the modern dish) was published and already presented as a Swiss national dish; earlier 18th and 19th century recipes called cheese fondue used eggs and were closer to a souffle. Disputed
Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the earliest known recipe for cheese-and-wine fondue, in a 1698 Zurich cookbook; the source also notes the term itself appears in sources predating this recipe, so the practice may be older than the first written recipe. Classification
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WikipediaHistory, Alpine origins
In the Alpine regions of Switzerland, where harsh winters and geographic isolation limited access to fresh foods, communities relied heavily on preserved staples such as aged cheese and stale bread.
History, 1698 recipe
The earliest known recipe for the modern form of cheese fondue comes from a 1698 book published in Zurich, under the name
History, 1875 recipe
The first known recipe for the modern cheese fondue under that name, with cheese and wine but no eggs, was published in 1875, and was already presented as a Swiss national dish.
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Fondue is a Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot over a portable stove heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables or other foods into the cheese using long-stemmed forks.
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- Uses Ingredient: Garlic, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cheese]]s, [[white wine]], [[garlic]], often [[kirsch]]
- Uses Ingredient: Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cheese]]s, [[white wine]], [[garlic]], often [[kirsch]]
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