I can Fondue that!
(posted by Emily) It has been a cheesy week at our house! When we started thinking about new things to post on the blog, Rick suggested I do a post about the cheese fondue I make . I used to love all things fondue--cheese, main course, and chocolate. Vegan chocolate fondue is pretty straightforward, but cheese posed a bit of a challenge. Luckily, thanks to one of our new favorite cookbooks, it has become a simple staple at our house. It has been a number of years since I last had "regular" cheese fondue, but I think the flavor of this one is spot on. My parents tried my vegan when they visited in January, and all reviews were positive. I think they would be the best judges of all! The magic begins with the soft gruyere cheese from Miyoko Schinner's Artisan Vegan Cheese book. The cheese is a mix of cashews, miso, coconut oil, salt, nutritional yeast, xanthan gum, and rejuvalac . Rejuvalac is a fermented beverage that helps give the cheese its tang. We mak...