RECIPE: REC: T&T Olive Garden Smoked Mozzarella Fonduta...

[marianne]

Delicious appetizer! DH and I enjoyed this at the restaurant last week, and I made it at home last night. I found Sargento Chef Style shredded Mozzarella and Provolone Cheese in a one pound package, and it worked fine. (So convenient.) I cut the recipe in half, used an 8-9 inch alum. pie pan, and cooked the fonduta 5 minutes longer than the recipe calls for, to brown the top a bit. (Maybe my oven temp is off.)

This was so rich and gooey, we could only eat half, and with a nice white wine, we didn't bother with dinner. Buon appetito!

http://www.olivegarden.com/press/news_releases/2005/fonduta.asp

 

[angak]

Did you add smoke flavor or was the shredded cheese also smoked? Sounds delish.

We don't have Olive Garden up here, so I've never tried it.

 

[marianne]

The packaged two-cheese blend was mozzarella and smoked provolone...

if you can't find the blend, any packaged provolone has smoke flavor added, (just read the label) and use regular mozarella. If you wanted to spend a lot more money, you could go to a fancy cheese shoppe and buy imported mozarella, and smoked provolone, or vice versa, but after I tasted my copy-cat version, I believe that Olive Garden uses the same Sargento mix that I used. Enjoy!