Home done fondue?

I got a fondue pot for V-day and want to use it this weekend. I have a 7 yr old and thought it would be fun for her. Any unusual fun recipes. Id like to do cheese and a main course with meat and veggies like at the melting pot. And choc at the end of course.Home done fondue?
CHEESE FONDUE

1 clove garlic, cut in half

2 cuts light dry white wine (Riesling, Chablis)

1/2 pound Swiss cheese, shredded

1/2 pound Swiss or Danish Gruyere, shredded

(you can use cheddar instead but it burns faster)

1 tbsp cornstarch

Nutmeg and pepper (optional)

1 loaf french bread, cubed

2-3 small red apples, cubed

Rub the fondue pot with the cut garlic. Add wine and heat slowly until bubbles form and slowly rise to the surface. Combine cheeses, cornstarch and mustard in a bowl. Slowly add this mixture to the heated wine, stirring continuously until all the cheese is melted and blended into a smooth sauce. Stir in other ingredients and bring to a slow boil (hot enough to keep the sauce bubbling slowly, but not so hot that the cheese separates.)

If fondue gets too thick, thin with heated wine.



this is a mediterranean/ tropical fondue

1 lb. shelled shrimp

juice of 1 lemon

8 oz. Gruyere cheese

2 pints chicken stock

1/4 cup chopped dill

pinch cayenne pepper

1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. sugar

2 onions



Sprinkle shrimp with lemon juice and leave 10 minutes. Peel and chop onions. Grate cheese. Pour stock into metal fondue and heat. Add grated cheese and stir over low heat until melted; do not boil. Remove from heat, stir in onions, dill, cayenne, sugar and pepper. Bring pan to table and place on spirit burner. Drain shrimp, pat dry. Spear on fondue forks, dip in to fondue for 1 minute, then eat.



BEEF FONDUE

2 - 2 1/2 pound boneless beef sirloin or tenderloin

Melted butter and salad oil (equal amounts of each)

Dipping sauce and butters

Cut the meat into bit-sized cubes. Pour the melted butter and salad oil into your fondue pot or electric frying pan to a depth of 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Heat just below the smoking point (about 425 degrees in an electric frying pan). you can spear a cube of meat with a fork and holds it in the heated butter-oil until cooked, about 1-2 minutes. When cooked, they dip the beef in one of the sauces.

I like to use Teriyaki ,or A1 sauces. But recently I found this recipe online.

Toasted Onion Butter:Combine 1 tsp toasted dried onions, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce and 1/2 cup softened butter. Let stand several hours to blend flavors.

Blue Cheese Butter:Mix 1 package (4 oz.) blue cheese with 1/2 cup softened butter. Let stand several hours to blend flavors.

Mustard Butter:Mix 1/4 cup prepared mustard and 1/2 cup softened butter. Let stand to blend flavors.



For dessert

1 16 oz. pkg Nestle's Semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 large Hershey's chocolate bar

Milk, heavy cream, OR flavored creamer

Liquor (optional) such as Amaretto,

1 dozen plain cake donuts or pound cake, cubed

strawberries, bananas, marshmellow and rice cripies, and cheescake in cubes are good for dipping as well



In a sauce pan, melt the chocolate chips over a low heat. Add small squares of Hershey bar to to sweeten (to taste) and milk (or cream) in small amounts to keep consistency moist. Stir constantly to prevent chocolate sticking to bottom of pan.

Transfer melted chocolate to fondue pot and reduce heat so that chocolate stays liquid, but not bubbling. Cube dipping foods and arrange on trays around the fondue pot.Home done fondue?
This isn't what you are after but another thing you can do with your fondue pot is fill 3/4ths of the way full with chicken broth that has chives floating in it and have on the side cubes or slices of different kinds of meat (chicken, pork, beef) and fish (shrimp, scallops), veggies like pea pods, carrots sliced on the diagonal, broccoli, zucchini, etc. You put them into the broth to cook the way you want and when everyone has finished eating the goodies on the stick then you pour the broth into bowls and drink it. No waste at all.