Fondue Bourguignonne or Beef Fondue
From: Marielle, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Avoid oil splashes!
Serve along with all 5 sauces: Cognac, garlic, curry, green onion and mustard chive sauces, and pickled mushrooms.
If possible, it is better to use mayonnaise rather than salad dressing in the making of sauces.
Also serve along with a potato salad and a green salad.
Servings: 2 cups [500 mL] pickled mushrooms
IngredientsPreparation
  • 1/2 to 3/4 pound [227 to 340 g] beef cubes per serving
  • Vegetable oil
  • Metal fondue pot
  • Long fondue forks
Cognac Sauce [light pink]
  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 1/4 cup [60 mL] ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] Cognac
Garlic Sauce
  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 4 to 6 cloves garlic, crushed
Curry Sauce
  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] curry

Green Onion Sauce

  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] minced green onion

Mustard Chive Sauce

  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] minced chives
  • Hint of mustard

Tarragon Sauce

  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] mayonnaise or salad dressing
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] tarragon
Pickled Mushrooms
  • 2 [6-ounce / 170-mL] cans whole mushrooms
  • 1/3 cup [80 mL] red wine vinegar
  • 1/3 cup [80 mL] vegetable oil
  • 1 small thinly sliced onion, into rings
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] dried parsley flakes
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] prepared mustard
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] brown sugar
  • For a better taste, prepare sauces and pickled mushrooms several hours before serving; keep refrigerated.
  • Preheat oil into a metal fondue pot, 3/4th full, over medium heat.
  • Transfer fondue pot onto the stand of an oil burner, on the table where each guest will fry its own meat cubes until done to taste.
  • Serve along with sauces, into separate bowls.
Cognac Sauce [light pink]
  • Mix together mayonnaise, ketchup and Cognac.
Garlic Sauce
  • Mix together mayonnaise and crushed garlic.
Curry Sauce
  • Mix together mayonnaise and curry.

Green Onion Sauce

  • Mix together mayonnaise and minced green onion.

Mustard Chive Sauce

  • Mix together mayonnaise, minced chives and mustard.
Tarragon Sauce
  • Mix together mayonnaise and tarragon.
Pickled Mushrooms
  • Drain mushrooms.
  • Into a small saucepan, combine red wine vinegar, vegetable oil, onion rings, salt, parsley flakes, mustard and brown sugar of marinade.
  • Bring mixture to a boil.
  • Add drained mushrooms; simmer for 5 to 6 minutes.
  • Refrigerate mixture into a covered glass container for several hours, stirring occasionally.
  • Drain before serving.