How to make fondue without a fondue pot?

I have everything else except the Pot.How to make fondue without a fondue pot?
You can use a crock pot or a sauce pan on low heat to make fondue without a fondue pot.
Use a double boiler method. If you don't have a specific double boiler, use two pots, one on top of the other. Bring water to a boil in the lower pot, then reduce the heat to keep it at a strong simmer. Place another pot of similar size on top of the boiler pot and place your fondue ingredients inside. Stir until the mixture melts and reaches the desired temperature.



Remove the fondue pot from the stove. If you place it on a warmed tile or a couple of kitchen towels, it will stay warm longer. If the mixture starts to cool, just return to the boiler pot until it warms sufficiently.



Placing the fondue pot directly on the stove is likely to result in the cheese breaking or scorching. The double boiler method keeps the temperature even and allows it to warm without damaging the delicate ingredients.



I have used two "fondue" pots, one for the table and one on the double boiler. When the table pot gets cool, I just move the pot from the stove to the table and place the cool pot on top of the boiler pot to heat again. That way, there's no waiting for my guests.How to make fondue without a fondue pot?
Do you need a special fondue pot to make fondue? The answer is no. All you need is a saucepan and a mini crock-pot. Mini crock-pots are very versatile kitchen tools and can be purchased just about anywhere for relatively cheap. You can find one at Target for around $16.99. When looking for a mini crock-pot make sure you get one with a removable inter pot, which makes it much easier to clean.



You鈥檒l be able to use this kitchen tool for lots of recipes rather than the fondue pot which is just used for fondue and usually ends up taking up space in your kitchen. How often will you really make fondue? Although it鈥檚 really yummy and easy to make, it鈥檚 not something you make every week.



Cheese Fondue, from Betty Crocker鈥檚 Big Red Cookbook



4 cups shredded Swiss cheese

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 clove garlic, cut in half

1 cup dry white wine or white cooking wine

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 tablespoons kirsch, dry sherry, brandy or white cooking wine

1 loaf French bread, cut into bite size pieces



Place cheese and flour in a resealable plastic bag. Shake until cheese is coated with flour.



Rub garlic on bottom and side of saucepan, discard garlic. Add 1 cup wine. Heat over simmer setting or low heat just until bubbles rise to surface (do not boil). Stir in lemon juice.



Gradually add cheese mixture, about 陆 cup at a time, stirring constantly with wooden spoon over low heat, until melted. Stir in kirsch, sherry, brandy or wine. Once liquid is incorporated, transfer cheese fondue to a preheated mini crock-pot.



Spear bread with forks; dip and swirl in fondue with stirring motion. If fondue becomes too thick, stir in 录 cup to 陆 cup heated wine.



The trick to remember with cheese fondue is to use LOW heat. I kept my burner at two or lower the entire time. If the heat is too high and you try to melt the cheese too fast, the whole thing will curdle and be ruined. It will be a yucky, clumpy mess. Just ask my husband about the time I tried to make broccoli cheese soup from scratch. Poor thing even ate the yucky, clumpy mess to be nice. To this day he claims it was not that bad 鈥?ha! I tasted it and it was that bad. So don鈥檛 be in a hurry. Slow and steady will get you better fondue in the end.



Once you have mastered the basic fondue recipe, you can start experimenting with other cheeses and flavors. Besides bread, other dippers that are excellent with cheese fondue are Granny Smith apples and assorted vegetables.



So is it worth it? Most definitely!!! Traditional Swiss cheese fondue for two at the Melting Pot costs $14.95 per person. Add in two glasses of wine at an average of $8 per person and then 7.5% tax and 20% tip and your bill will total approximately $40.



The cost to make cheese fondue at home is relatively inexpensive depending on the ingredients you use. Four cups of pre-shredded Swiss cheese cost me $3.33 (on sale at my local grocery store). A bottle of cooking wine costs approximately $3.00 and you won鈥檛 use the whole thing in this recipe. A loaf of French bread at my local grocery store was $0.99, and I only used half the loaf for this meal. The other half I put in the freezer for the next time I make fondue. One apple is plenty for two people and it cost $0.64. The other ingredients (flour, garlic, and lemon juice) are all so slight that the cost is negligible. Then add in an entire bottle of wine for two for about $12.



So the total cost to make this fondue is $3.33 for cheese, $2.00 for 2/3 bottle of cooking wine, $0.50 for half loaf of French bread, $0.64 for an apple and $12.00 for a bottle of wine, totaling $19.85 when you add in 7.5% sales tax. That鈥檚 a 50% savings and you get an entire bottle of wine!
You can make it in a pot on the stove, and then transfer it to an ovenproof dish, if you have a fondue set and burner with either an alcohol or a solid fuel burner it is fine just keep it low.