Preserving, Pickling & Fermenting

Course Overview

This fermenting, preserving & pickling course is designed to give you an introduction to this subject and give you the confidence to take the principles learnt home and apply them with different seasonal ingredients, so you can make the most of preserving different food all year round. From scrunching & brining sauerkraut to curing and smoking fish for lunch it will be a friendly & action packed day, full of relatively simple techniques that you are sure to use again at home.

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£175.00

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Techniques learnt on our preserving and fermenting course

Scrunching & brining to make a classic European Sauerkraut, flavouring your own individual one to take home
Quick pickles suitable for salads & starters
The fundamentals of successful chutney making, to be adapted with any seasonal ingredient
Vodka / Gin infusions (demonstration & tasting)
How to make a fruit leather
Making home-made Sriracha

This one day introduction to fermenting & preserving is designed to teach you the basic techniques so you can use them with an array of different ingredients through the year.

Recipes learnt on the day

A classic European Sauerkraut and discussing how this can be adapted to make Kimchi
Fast pickles – carrot, cucumber & beetroot
Seasonal chutney
Damson Whisky / Plum Vodka / Clementine Gin
Apple & Blackberry fruit leather
Spicy fermented tomato salsa
Sriracha
Hot smoked trout / Hot smoked onions for lunch, served with the quick pickles you have made & accompanying salads

(Please note, we reserve the right to alter the recipes to meet the dietary requirements of our guests).

Your chef tutor

Andy is the former head chef at River Cottage & has a passion for enthusing and inspiring people to cook seasonal, great tasting food at home.

Preserving & Pickling Course			10:00 – 16:00
1	Arrival & Refreshments Enjoy freshly baked biscuits whilst meeting your fellow guests.
2	Sauerkraut Begin scrunching & brining your sauerkraut or have the option of making a spicier Kimchi. You will be taking your own sauerkraut home in a kilner jar for you to enjoy. We’ll discuss different types of sauerkraut and how to vary the recipe with different ingredients.
3	Fruit leather We’ll begin by making your fruit leather so it can set in time for you to take home. Working in pairs will make this a speedy job.
4	Curing & Smoking A hands on demo – the group will help to fillet & cure the fish ready for smoking and we’ll discuss how to set up the smoker, different wood chips to smoke to give different flavour and different fish & vegetarian options to smoke.
5	Quick pickles Whilst our fish is smoking, we’ll turn our attention to some quick pickles, for example carrots, beetroot, cauliflower and cucumber. These are super as salad garnishes and we’ll enjoy these for lunch.
6	Lunch & Tasting Enjoy your cured fish alongside pickles & some home-made sourdough. We’ll also taste a variety of different fruit based vodka’s / gin’s to whet your appetite for making this at home.
7	Chutney making We’ll discuss what goes into a chutney full of flavour and how to gauge this with different pans, ingredients and the quantity you are making so you go home with an inner instinct for how to make a successful chutney. Working individually you can have free rein over the flavours that go into your own chutney & you’ll be taking this home in jars.
8	Spicy fermented salsa Working individually we’ll make a quick spicy fermented salsa for you to take home.
8	Sriracha Whilst your chutneys are cooling Andy will demonstrate how to make a Rhubarb Sriracha and talk about different ingredients to make this again at home.
8	Wrap up & finish Before you depart we’ll make sure all of your goodies are suitably packaged for you to enjoy at a later date. Ask Andy any other questions before you go home brimming with enthusiasm to recreate these dishes at home.

Book your place

This Preserving, Pickling and Fermenting course is an introduction into the world of fermenting, brining and preserving. Andy Tyrell will guide you through the various types of preserving methods whilst you meet new people, and enjoy some delicious food, and wine along the way. Book online or call us on 01283 711681.