Fantastic Cheese Fondue

This one is a request from Hayden, and it's a really good one!  I found the original recipe on allrecipes.com (by far, my favorite recipe website!), and read lots of comments/suggestions on it to come up with just the right recipe.  A tip that Hayden once gave me was that you should always use high-quality cheeses for fondue.  Well, of course I had to find out for myself that she is definitely right!  I skimped and bought cheap-o Swiss once, and the fondue did not turn out well at all.  Cheap cheeses have too much oil in them, it separates and makes the fondue pretty grody.  I have tested this recipe over and over with lots of people, having leftovers is definitely never an issue.  So here you go!

Ingredients:

• 1 c dry white wine
• 1/2 lb shredded Swiss cheese
• 1/2 lb shredded Gruyere cheese
• 1 clove garlic (grated or crushed)
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp mustard powder
• dash worcestershire sauce
• dash lemon juice
• 1 (1 lb) loaf crusty bread, cut into cubes (if you let the cubes sit out and dry up a bit, they make for easier dipping)
• sliced apples
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Instructions:

1) Simmer wine in fondue pot.

2) Toss cheese and garlic with the flour until evenly coated.  Add cheese and flour mixture to pot, about 1/4 at a time.  Stir after each addition of cheese until melted.

3) When all cheese has melted, stir in salt, nutmeg, mustard & worcestershire.

4) Add a dash or a few of lemon juice (for clumping) and stir.

5) Serve with cut-up bread, apple slices and anything else that sounds yummy to you!

enjoy!

 ~ j