This Gjetost Fondue is another great easy to make ahead hors d’oeuvres that’s perfect for any Thanksgiving, but I served it as a started for my Scandinavian Thanksgiving Menu for good reason. It’s chock full of lovely Swedish cheeses, which are actually rather easy to find, particularly if you live near an IKEA, where they stock all of the cheeses required for this Swedish Gjetost Fondue. But even if you can’t find many of them, the only two that are absolutely essential are the French Gruyère and the Scandinavian Gjetost. The Gjetost in particular cannot be substituted because it is a very unique caramelized goat’s milk cheese. Yes, you heard me, caramelized goat’s milk cheese. But, caramelized milk sounds crazy to describe cheese. It is, you’re right. And while Gjetost on it’s own tends to be a love or hate it food because it’s a little sweet and extremely dense and creamy. It is also absolutely the element that makes this Swedish Gjetost Fondue so special and one of the crowd favorites at Thanksgiving last year, even amongst people who said they didn’t normally like Gjetost. It’s also a cheese that I grew up with at breakfast, served on toast, with coffee. The slightly sweet creamy texture makes it great on grainy breads. It also makes this Swedish Ghetost Fondue rich, velvety, and extra unique.
Swedish Gjetost Fondue
Ingredients
- 5-6 ounces Gjetost
- 1 cup dry white wine
- ¼ cup calvados
- 11 ounces Prost
- 11 ounces Herrgårdsost
- 4 ounces Gruyère
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch or flour
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Shred or cube all of the cheese. Place all the ingredients except the cornstarch in a medium heat proof vessel. Bake until melty (30-60 minutes). Whisk now and then. Remove from oven and whisk in the cornstarch. Serve hot with slices of apples, pears and wheat or rye crisps.
Reheat as needed.
Your grandpa PO would be proud. He loved this type of bread, and tried to maintain his Swedish heritage.
This was a fun menu to make. I had lots of happy nostalgia about Al’s and Peterson traditions.
Caramelized goat cheese?! Sign me up! I have never made fondue at home but this must change!
You definitely won’t get to try this if you don’t make it yourself; I’m pretty sure it’s one of a kind.
This looks like a completely delicious fondue!
It really is.
I’ve never tried gjetost but now I’m excited to give it a taste! Thanks for sharing the tradition!
It’s fun to check out different traditions and caramelized goat cheese is a good one to have. Thanks!
My husband and I love to make fondue and have it every Christmas Eve. I’ll have to bookmark this recipe to try, it sounds wonderful!
What a fun tradition! This will be a nice variation.
Delicious. I love a good fondue and being introduced to new cheeses is wonderful.
The world is full of wonderful cheese, it’s our job to try them all.