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Fermenting, Drying and Preserving for Beginners
Preserving for beginners offers all the skills needed to preserve the taste of summer, the cool of winter and the red of autumn.
You will look at: fermenting, dehydrating, and the boiling hot water bath method.
The boiling hot water bath method is the most information-heavy of the three hence, the team will spend half of the class on this method.
In many preserving classes you are taught recipes but rarely are you taught the principles that underpin the recipes. Without an understanding of the principles, you are left always wondering if what you have done will last and if it is safe and safe to share. The focus of this class is on understanding “how to preserve” “how to make that preserve safe” and “how to make that preserve last”.
What you will learn:
Acidity: its role in preserving, how to measure pH and what the pH of a preserve should be. How to determine the acidity naturally found in raw ingredients. Elevation; how elevation affects preserving times, how to determine if you are at elevation and how to adjust for elevation.
Content: Village Dreaming
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Village Dreaming at ORTO Farm100 Allisons Rd, Blampied, VIC 3364Get directions
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Across Victoria’s Midwest, we acknowledge that we travel across the ancient landscapes of many First Peoples communities.
These lands have been nurtured and cared for over tens of thousands of years and we respect the work of Traditional Custodians for their ongoing care and protection.
We recognise the past injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in this country. As our knowledge grows, we hope that we can learn from their resilience and creativity that has guided them for over 60,000 years.
As we invite people to visit and explore Victoria’s Midwest, we ask that alongside us, you also grow to respect the stories, living culture and connection to Country of the Ancestors and Elders of our First Peoples.