Dessert Fondue

[2Beers]

Ok so it's not a fondue, but these still can be used for dessert.

Fruit Dip #1
Take equal amounts (or parts) of Sour Cream, Real Mayo, Strawberry Jam
mix and blend to make a pale pink creamy dip. Chill dip for a few hours and then serve with thinly sliced pears, apples and fresh pineapple along with strawberries and grapes red or green.

Fruit Dip #2
8 oz cream cheese - softened
7 oz marshmallow creme
1 cup cool whip
1 TBSP orange juice
1 tsp. orange zest (finely grated)
1 tsp. vanilla extract

In a bowl beat together the cream cheese and marshmallow creme until well blended. Add in remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve with fresh fruits.

[HardwareGrl]

(11-10-2010 03:31 PM)old honda rider Wrote:  By the way, HardwareGrl, how do you keep your dessert cream in the fondue pot from scorching along the heated surface? Mind you, I've only tried it once but by all accounts - including mine - it was an unmitigated disaster. Scorched chocolate tastes just about as bad as it sounds.

So, to actually be useful, I did a little digging.
I found out that in fondue-land, the proper fondue pot for dessert fondues is the smaller ceramic pot, with a votive candle heat source. That should provide just enough heat to keep the contents liquid with out scortching.
I didn't know that, I just thought it was a cute little pot, but not big enough for all the people I had to feed.

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(11-10-2010 08:03 PM)2Beers Wrote:  Ok so it's not a fondue, but these still can be used for dessert.

Fruit Dip #1
Take equal amounts (or parts) of Sour Cream, Real Mayo, Strawberry Jam
mix and blend to make a pale pink creamy dip. Chill dip for a few hours and then serve with thinly sliced pears, apples and fresh pineapple along with strawberries and grapes red or green.

Fruit Dip #2
8 oz cream cheese - softened
7 oz marshmallow creme
1 cup cool whip
1 TBSP orange juice
1 tsp. orange zest (finely grated)
1 tsp. vanilla extract

In a bowl beat together the cream cheese and marshmallow creme until well blended. Add in remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve with fresh fruits.

Mmmmmmmmm!
Hey, for our purposes, close enough!

[old honda rider]

(11-10-2010 06:01 PM)HardwareGrl Wrote:  Weeeell, how many kids did you have eating it with you at the time? I have a big group of neices and nephews that come over when I do this, so it doesn't stick around that long, and I don't have that problem.
One thing I would ask, do you use a fondue pot that is heated with a candle/sterno or an electric pot? I think the heat control is much better with the electric pots. If you are using a candle/sterno you should probably look at shifting your heat source around slightly under the pot during the course of the fondue.

It wasn't kids, it was grown-ups getting in touch with their immature side. And if you knew these grown-ups you'd know what I mean.

I only did this once and haven't tried it again since I didn't enjoy the result. I used one of those sterno canisters, perhaps I didn't set it right. Will try again and be a little more careful about it.

[HardwareGrl]

(11-11-2010 09:16 AM)old honda rider Wrote:  

(11-10-2010 06:01 PM)HardwareGrl Wrote:  Weeeell, how many kids did you have eating it with you at the time? I have a big group of neices and nephews that come over when I do this, so it doesn't stick around that long, and I don't have that problem.
One thing I would ask, do you use a fondue pot that is heated with a candle/sterno or an electric pot? I think the heat control is much better with the electric pots. If you are using a candle/sterno you should probably look at shifting your heat source around slightly under the pot during the course of the fondue.

It wasn't kids, it was grown-ups getting in touch with their immature side. And if you knew these grown-ups you'd know what I mean.

I only did this once and haven't tried it again since I didn't enjoy the result. I used one of those sterno canisters, perhaps I didn't set it right. Will try again and be a little more careful about it.

Honda, did you see my second reply? About the ceramic pot?

Hey, nothing wrong with immaturity! I highly recomend it!

[old honda rider]

(11-11-2010 04:23 PM)HardwareGrl Wrote:  Honda, did you see my second reply? About the ceramic pot?

Hey, nothing wrong with immaturity! I highly recomend it!

Oh, shoot, didn't see the ceramic pot entry. Sorry about that. I just used what I had, some sort of painted metal one. Looks something like this but without the 1970's motif:



Pretty cheap, frankly. That was probably why I only used it once.

That said, "it's a poor mechanic that blames his tools." Still, I should have spend more $$ and got a better quality one.

[Boomer]

That looks like the one my folks used to have. Now they have a stainless steel one, a bit bigger, that they use for all sorts of fondue. They are more the resident experts on fondue.

[turkeytime]

My suggestion: get rid of the lemon juice and add chocolate chips. Semi sweet work better in something like this but if you can find dark chocolate its also amazing. I recommend firm cheesecake squares.

[Boomer]

Did someone mention....DARK....chocolate? On cheesecake?

There goes my blood sugar......

[Mufasa]

She said "firm cheesecake"... is it warm in here?

[Boomer]

For 30 degrees in Iowa it sure seems a bit warm. Somebody open a winder!!!