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Sign in to saveFondue ( , , , ; ) is a Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot ( or fondue 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. It was promoted as a Swiss national dish by the Swiss Cheese Union () in the 1930s.
Fondue is a Swiss dish made from melted cheese and wine served in a shared pot that diners heat with a candle or spirit lamp, using long-stemmed forks to dip bread and other foods into the cheese. The Swiss Cheese Union promoted it as a national symbol of Switzerland starting in the 1930s.
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- Cheeses, white wine, garlic, often kirsch
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- Temperature and ''la religieuse''
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Fondue ( , , , ; ) is a Swiss dish of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot ( or fondue 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. It was promoted as a Swiss national dish by the Swiss Cheese Union () in the 1930s.
Since the 1950s, the term "fondue" has been generalized to other dishes in which a food is dipped into a communal pot of liquid kept hot in a fondue pot: chocolate fondue, , in which pieces of fruit or pastry are dipped into a melted chocolate mixture, , in which pieces of meat are cooked in hot oil, and (hot pot).