When we think of fondue, we don’t imagine a vegan recipe… but rather a creamy gourmet mixture of cheeses in which to dip bread, vegetables, etc.
But do we really have to do without this typical dish that warms our winters when we opt for a vegan diet? The answer is no, fondue without cheese exists… and the suggestions for recipes with alternatives to cheese are plentiful AND delicious.
We’ll explain everything to you, let’s go!
How to make fondue without cheese?
What do we dip in this vegan fondue? Chopped vegetables are often the first choice, but you can also start with potatoes. Obviously we don’t forget the traditional stale bread in the vegan Savoyard fondue recipe.
Vegan fondue: recipe
Here is a recipe for fondue without cheese to try without delay!
Fondue without cheese: ingredients
- 300 g of potatoes
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 200 ml of natural vegetable milk (of your choice)
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons of coconut oil
- 60 g of beer or malted yeast
- salt , pepper and nutmeg (to taste)
Fondue without cheese: recipe
Cook the potatoes in salted water. Once cooked, mix them with white wine, vegetable milk and coconut oil until you obtain the desired texture.
Chop the garlic and sauté it with coconut oil. Then pour the fondue mixture + the yeast flakes. Season.
Your vegetable cheese is ready, you can put it in the fondue container and start eating!
What to dip in vegan fondue?
Broccoli or cabbage (to cook in water before), mushrooms, dry bread, fried vegetables, zucchini and eggplant), potatoes or sweet potatoes pre-cooked in the oven for a few minutes so that they do not disintegrate in the fondue , carrot or celery sticks.
Variations around fondue without cheese
To make a fondue without cheese, it’s very simple to do: you prepare a vegetable broth of your choice and use a vegan cheese.
As an accompaniment, take the same vegetables as for a vegan fondue but also tofu. We also dip the accompaniment in sauces for Chinese fondue: sesame sauce by mixing sesame seeds, neutral oil, sugar, coriander and hot water or peanut sauce by replacing sesame with peanuts.