Fondue for a gluten-free vegan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. My regular chocolate fondue has cream but I could experiment with a dairy free chocolate and coconut cream.

I wouldn’t do this unless you’re doing a second pot of it. It will not be as rewarding for most guests. Honestly for desert I’d probably pick up a small gf/v chocolate cake at Whole Foods or something so the guest has something decadent akin to the chocolate fondue, and they can also have the fruit.

The vegetable broth is a very nice idea. Be sure to put up a sign or move it far enough away from the meat that it isn’t used to cook meat. We’ve had the most luck with potatoes (sweet and red), asparagus, mushroom, and broccoli in oil fondue. I bet cauliflower would work too.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

OP, you are a hospitable person. I don't understand the hate for special diets on a Food & Cooking forum. If I have guests with special diets over, I want them to feel like I care about their experience.

I agree with the suggestion for potatoes for dipping, and a wider range of vegetables. If you want a gluten free cracker, injera crisps are quite addictive and would go well with bean & lentil dips/ dishes. You could have rice cakes or noodles on hand for the veggie broth to be more filling.

You can make an excellent vegan caramel with coconut milk instead of cream. It will be a bit runnier than the cream based version but still delicious. If you add butter to your caramel typically, you can substitute refined coconut oil which is similar and doesn't have the strong taste.

[Anonymous]

make a warm dip for the veggies and get some kind of almond/rice flour cracker
chocolate fondue can be made w dairy free chocolate chips and coconut CREAM (not milk)

[Anonymous]

I would not change what your're doing on your current fondue pots.

I'd add a 4th pot of gluten free vegetable broth with vegetables, potatoes, bok choy, mushrooms and asian rice noodles to cook in it, more like a hot pot/shabu shabu that you can keep boiling on the stove.

I'd buy a bottle of hershey's chocolate and possibly cool whip and let them eat raw fruit with those items.

[Anonymous]

Be sure to check ingredients. The blue diamonds almond crackers and gf wasa both have dairy. The only store bought injera chips I’ve seen have wheat in them.

[Anonymous]

Be mindful of cross contamination. If gluten allergy is bad, they will not dip their food in anything that had bread or cake in it (gluten crumbs will be in there). If they are vegetarian, they don’t want to dip veggies in broth used to dip meat.

I suggest keeping your menu and adding a nice vegan cheese spread (kite hill) and hummus on the side. You could have some tortilla chips or veggie chips to make dipping more filling.