Cooking Time:
2-4 hoursServings:
8
Ingredients
2 shallots, peeled and finely diced1 garlic clove, minced
4 oz. Gruyere cheese, grated (1 cup)
8 oz. extra sharp cheddar cheese, grated (2 cups)
1 T. cornstarch
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
12 oz. beer
Salt & Pepper to taste
This is a delicious recipe that will have people coming back for more! I often get requests for this when going to a football party or office potluck. It’s super-easy so I hope you get to enjoy it as much as I do!
- Combine the shallots, garlic, cheeses, cornstarch, nutmeg, and dry mustard inside a 3 quart or smaller slow cooker.
- Pour in the beer.
- Cover. Cook on Low for 2 – 4 hours, stirring every 30 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper before serving, adding more to taste if necessary.
- Great served with bagel chips, freshly baked bread or soft pretzels.
Happy Crocking!
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This can’t be legal. It looks too good! My mouth is watering at the thought of dipping anything into that cheese sauce!
What do I do with it after it’s done cooking? Do I have to serve it in a crockpot for best results, or can I transfer to another dish to take to a get together, and then warm it up for a few minutes somehow? Don’t want to lug the crock if it isn’t necessary. It smells delish! Please advise. Thanks!
You can do it either way, although the crock pot makes it easier to warm up from time to time, instead of the microwave when you need to warm it up. 🙂
Every recipe you put on Facebook looks so good, and the ones I’ve tried are amazing. Are most of the ones that you put on Facebook in your cookbook as well?
Thank-you
Diane there are a few, but most are not! Thank you for the question, and Happy Crocking!
do u have the recipe for beer cheese soup! I worked at a resy they made it with bits of all kinds of cheese beer and half and half onion I think! .,…………..love this site thanks x
I’m cooking this right now, and the whole thing is still closer to a soup than anything, I followed these directions… At what point should it thicken? It’s two hours in.
It will thicken when the heat is off, if you feel it is still too thin, you can take a little corn starch dissolved in cold water, and add to the Fondue. 🙂
I have made this twice and each time it was a failure. It was soupy. Could not get it to thicken up
Kathy if I have anything that is soupy, I add a little corn starch or flour in cold water until completely dissolved. Also I use a brick of cheese and grate as the pre-grated cheeses have an agent in them for shipping to keep them from sticking, and that sometimes causes a problem with some recipes.
I would advise making this on the stove top (double boiler) and transfer to the slow cooker to keep warm. Followed the recipe to the letter, and this fails miserably in a slow cooker. Cooling doesn’t help. Stays consistently of soup. Flavor is good, but the slow cooker is not the way to go.
does the beer matter? i was thinking a porter or stout but not sure which to use…
Make this recipe your own and I am sure it will be great! Happy Crocking! 🙂
Do you think it would still be good without shallots? (Maybe more garlic instead?) I love shallots, but my eyes burn for a long time if I have to chop them myself, (onions are even worse) and I’m currently living in a really small space in a place where it’s too cold to open windows to air it out….
Make this recipe to your liking! Enjoy and Happy Crocking!
I tried this recipe last night and it never came together for me. I tried adding more cornstarch but the cheese never combined with the liquid and I ended up trashing it. I’ll be trying a different recipe for round two.
Hi Emily! I have a question, did you use pre-shredded cheese, or a brick of cheese you shredded. The reason I ask is that pre-shredded cheese has an agent in it that keeps it from sticking when it is shipped to the stores. I have made the Beer Cheese Fondue several times, but always use brick cheese because of the agent used in pre-shredded cheese. I hope this helps you! Happy Crocking!
So I made this and after seeing all the comments on how it came out soupy, i made some modifications! I added like double the cheese. So I think less beer or more cheese will help! It tasted great after the modifications!
I had to move to double boiler, add some flour and cornstarch mixed with water, and quadruple the cheese…then it was delicious!