For a unique desert option, try dipping fresh strawberries in a chocolate fondue.
Calphalon was started in Perrysburgh, Ohio in 1963 as the Commercial Aluminum Cookware Company. It has since expanded throughout the United States and online as a traditional cookware, cooking utensils and specialized kitchenware company. While the company no longer makes a fondue set, you may still be able to find a discontinued set in a home goods store or online retailer. With the correct heating and operating instructions, you can correctly use a Calphalon fondue set for your next unique dinner or party.
Instructions
1. Follow a fondue recipe closely to make whatever kind of fondue you would like to serve in your fondue pot. You can find recipes for fondues in a variety of cooking magazines and books. You can also make the Classic Cheese Fondue recipe provided by Calphalon on the company's recipe website.
2. Remove the splatter guard from the top of the fondue unit and set it on the table.
3. Lift up the fondue set's pot and set it on the table.
4. Fill the pot with warm, but not boiling, water. Depending on the fondue set that you own, the pot will either be stainless steel or ceramic. Regardless of the type, fill up the bowel with very warm water.
5. Wait five minutes for the pot to get warm then pour out the water and dry the pot with a soft and clean towel.
6. Put the pot back into the fondue unit and replace the splatter guard on top of the pot.
7. Pour the fully cooked and warmed fondue mixture directly into the pot.
8. Light the sterno, which is located on the very bottom of the unit.
9. Pierce whatever food you want to dip into the fondue mixture (such as bread or fruit) with a fondue fork, and then carefully dip the food into the fondue mixture.
