Entrees » Baked Cheese Fondue
Ingredients
- 6 cups stale cubed bread (suggestions: focaccia or ciabatta)
- 1-1½ cups dry white wine
- 1 tsp granulated garlic (fine garlic powder)
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 4 oz (about 1-1½ cups) sliced Swiss cheese
- 1½-2 cups grated Gruyere cheese
- nonstick cooking spray
Special Equipment
- 6 small ramekins, 4 large ramekins or a 9" x 13" baking dish
How-to
- Preheat oven to 350º
- In a large bowl, pour wine over bread cubes and mix with hands. Add granulated garlic and salt and mix. Set aside while preparing the custard
- In a separate large bowl, whisk together the milk and eggs. Add the bread-wine mixture and Swiss cheese and toss to combine. Let sit for 10 minutes to let the bread soak up the custard but don't let it sit too long - you don't want the bread to get mushy!
- Spray baking dish(es) with cooking spray and portion out the mixture. This recipe allows for 6 small ramekins, 4 larger ramekins or a 9" x 13" baking dish
- Using your hands, tuck mixture into ramekins, allowing a little overflow, but leave room for more cheese on top. Pour leftover custard over the portions. Pile Gruyere cheese on top
- Place ramekins on a baking sheet and loosely tent with foil
- Bake at 350º for 20 minutes, then remove foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes, until bubbly and golden brown. The mixture should just be set, still with a little jiggle!
Alina Eisenhauer
Alina Eisenhauer, winner on Food Network's "Sweet Genius," is the executive pastry chef and owner of Sweet, a pastry and specialty cake shop and dessert bar in Worcester, MA. Her fascination with food began at an early age while living in the Berkshires. Alina's combination of talent, guts and confidence led to her first pasty job at age16! Even a diversion into education and employment in exercise physiology could not keep Alina from her true calling. Food is her passion and her life which is very lucky for pastry lovers.
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If you love cheese, this is the ultimate treat for you. Cheese, cheese and more cheese. Oh, and topped with more cheese with lots of bread in there to soak it all up. Alina Eisenhauer has outdone herself with this soul-satisfying comfort food recipe.
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