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Game Butchery and Cookery Course
Game Butchery and Cookery Course
Here in Britain we have some incredible wild game, but so often we find that cooking with it can be an intimidating prospect even for an experienced home cook. This Game Butchery and Cookery Course aims to introduce you to the world of British game, covering everything from practical preparation skills, feathered and furred game, through to delicious recipes and how to cook them. Both Bod and Kieran are passionate about using game in the kitchen and they hope to…
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Pig Butchery Course
Pig Butchery Course
Whether you’re interested in raising your own pigs (as we do at Vale House), or just a keen cook looking to acquire new skills and learn more about how your meat comes to the table, this fascinating Pig Butchery Course covers everything from pig husbandry to smoking, curing, sausage making and more. Skills • Confidence in butchering a whole pig • Identifying different cuts of pork • Curing and smoking • Making sausages, bacon and salami • Knife and Cleaver…
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Smoking and Curing Masterclass with Steve Lamb
Smoking and Curing Masterclass with Steve Lamb
Taught by smoking and preserving expert Steven Lamb, this Smoking and Curing Masterclass will equip you with all the skills you need to create delicious cured and smoked meat and fish in your own kitchen. These traditional methods not only preserve fresh ingredients but take them to a whole new level of incredible flavour. Skills • Basic Butchery • Hot Smoking • Cold Smoking • Dry Curing • Brining • Hot & cold smoked fish • Bacon • Pancetta •…
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Preserving the Harvest
Preserving the Harvest
Want to learn how to preserve the bounty of spring and summer to enjoy throughout the year? Join us for a day of 'Preserving the Harvest' with preserves legend Pam ‘the jam’ Corbin! Skills Food safety and key watchpoints in the preserving process Bottling fruit and fruit compotes Reduced sugar preserves Pickling Fruit liqueurs The main focus of the day will be on bottling fruit and fruit compotes (pieces of prepared fruit preserved in a simple syrup, perfect to use…
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Introduction to Foraging Course
Introduction to Foraging Course
Explore the bounty of the countryside with this fascinating Introduction to Foraging Course. You’ll gather and prepare your own wild ingredients, gaining knowledge, skills and experience from expert forager and landscape ecologist, Adrian Boots. Skills • How to forage sustainably within the law and with good practice • How to safely collect prepare and cook common seasonal wild foods • How to identify common seasonal edible and non-edible plants and fungi, and the habitats in which to find them The…
1 course,
Introduction to Foraging Course
Introduction to Foraging Course
Explore the bounty of the countryside with this fascinating Introduction to Foraging Course. You’ll gather and prepare your own wild ingredients, gaining knowledge, skills and experience from expert forager and landscape ecologist, Adrian Boots. Skills • How to forage sustainably within the law and with good practice • How to safely collect prepare and cook common seasonal wild foods • How to identify common seasonal edible and non-edible plants and fungi, and the habitats in which to find them The…