Warm Beer and Cheese Fondue

Ingredients

• 1 lb sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (low fat is fine)
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle light domestic beer (Coors light is a good brand)
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard powder
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper

Directions

1. 1

   In a fondue pot or sauce pan, bring beer to a simmer.

2. 2

   Add mustard and red pepper to beer.

3. 3

   Coat cheese with flour.

4. 4

   While stirring constantly, slowly add cheese.

5. 5

   Fondue is done when mixture becomes a uniform cheese sauce.

6. 6

   Good dippers are bread (especially multi-grain), tortilla chips, broccoli, celery, mushrooms, ham and turkey slices, and apples.

7. 7

   When I make this as simply a chip dip, I often cook very small (1/4" diameter) sausage balls, and add them to the finished fondue mixture.