Naturally fermented foods use salt (or a culture starter in some cases) to create a welcoming environment for good bacteria. This process, known as Lacto-fermentation, naturally preserves the ingredients and provides the familiar sour taste in sauerkraut, yogurt, and sour pickles. No heat or vinegar is used, the resulting ferment is teeming with healthy probiotic flora, and the vitamins and digestive enzymes are retained.
In this hands-on workshop Rebekka Hutton of Alchemy Pickle Company will cover all of your pickle and fermentation questions while you prepare your own personalized vegetable ferments from seasonal & organic produce for you to ferment at home.
Rebekka will provide the guidelines, processes, and base recipes that will enable you to confidently create your own unique creative ferments at home from almost any vegetables. There will be plenty of ferments & condiments to taste for inspiration along with a simple rice bowl, plus a selection of fabulous Alchemy kombuchas to try.
A selection of seasonal produce (local/organic as available), herbs, spices, and jars will be provided. (We will be sourcing many ingredients from the farmers market a few days before the workshop, and it’s hard to know exactly what will be available in May.) Expect to take home at least two jars you create yourself! Feel free to bring along any special ingredients, spices, or jars you’d like to use.
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Rebekka Hutton is the pickle maker and owner of Alchemy Pickle Company. Rebekka brings unsurpassed skill and passion for sharing knowledge and sustainable, healthy food in order to help grow the good food movement in Canada. Her experience as a cook, program facilitator, fundraiser, and urban farmer are the key to building a food business that draws people who want to learn more about what they put onto their plate. Alchemy Pickle Company produces regional and seasonal fermented vegetable pickles, sauerkraut and kimchi, and naturally carbonated kombucha with produce purchased direct from local organic farms since 2012. @alchemypicklecompany
