MADD ACRES
Make Cheese with Paula
This class extends basic knowledge of the science and process of cheese making and explores varieties of pressed cheese. Fundamentals of making pressed/aged cheeses are discussed along with controlling curd/whey temperature and ripening time to create final cheese texture and flavor. Various methods of preserving are discussed along with the caring and aging of your cheese during affinage.
The class chooses making 1 of the following: Colby, Gruyere, Jarlsburg, Asiago, Havarti or Gouda. Instructions and cultures to make your own cheeses at home are included.
Gabriola Dates: Time: 10:30 - 2:30
Cost: $100
March 1: Parmesan, April 26, May 31st
Farmer's Style Cheddar
CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP: Gabriola
$50 1--noon
June 24th, July 23rd Aug 26, Dec 28th 1-3pm
* NEW* FONDUE WORKSHOP
Learn the process in making Emmental cheese and enjoy an
afternoon making and enjoying a traditional Swiss cheese Fondue complete with wine pairing. We will also be working with Fromage Blanc curd infusing with herbs and botanicals for you to bring home and enjoy with family and friends.
A wonderful winter afternoon treat!
Instructions and cultures to make your own cheese at home plus recipes for Fondue.
Gabriola: Madd Acres:
TBA
Fondue only with wine tastings:
40 Knots Vineyard, Comox, BC: TBA
This course is designed for those interested in a one day cheese making workshop that will encompass a variety of soft, pressed and advanced cheese making techniques including: sour cream, cream cheese, butter, boursin, ricotta, mozzarella, Fromage Blanc, feta, farmer's style cheddar and brie . Students will take home ingredients and instructions.
Course runs approximately 6 hours. 10-4pm
Lunch and wine paired to cheeses included.
Cultures to replicate that class at home are included.
Gabriola Dates
June 14, July 2,26, Aug 2 Sept 3, Oct 8, Nov 8, Dec 20
Time: 10:00 - 4:00
Cost: $275
Learn how to make a variety of soft cheeses that have so many culinary uses: Mozzarella pinwheel, butter, Fromage Blanc, sour cream, cream cheese and Boursin. We will be foraging wild and dried herbs and botanicals infusing the curd and creating delicious flavors for you to enjoy at home with family and friends. Unique and creative ways to utilize the curd in dips, spreads as well as other culinary applications are discussed. A fun and popular course!
Course runs approximately 4 hours.
Cultures to make your own at home are included.
Gabriola Dates
June 25, July 1,30 Aug 20, Set 16, 24, Oct28, Nov 29, Dec23
Time: 10:30 - 2:30
Cost: $140
Students will explore the different types of cultures used in making advanced cheeses as well as the ripening techniques in making Brie, Camembert and cambozola.
Includes cultures to make your own at home
Course runs approximately 4 hours.
Instructions and cultures to make your own at home are included.
Gabriola Dates
August 23rd
Sept 20th, Oct 11th, Nov 22nd, Dec 27th
Time: 10:30 - 2:30
Cost: $100
Gabriola classes are hands on: you will be working with and taking home your own chévre infused with herbs, spices and wild crafted botanicals as well as making home crafted, hand stretched mozzarella cheese. In addition, you will learn how to make burrata, bocconci and a pinwheel using the mozzarella made in class. Unique and creative serving ideas are shown.
Cultures and ingredients to make 4 lbs of mozzarella and 1 lb of Chévre at home are included.
This course introduces you to the art of making your own fresh cheeses starting with an understanding of the ingredients used to make a variety of cheeses.
Course runs approximately 3.5 hours.
$100.00
Mozzarella/Chévre at Madd Acres
Dates:
Aug ,23
Sept 27
Oct 18, Nov 1st, Dec 24, 31st
Time: 10:30 - 2:30
Mozzarella CHEESE MAKING CLASSES IN YOUR AREA
Please check calendar page or email for classes in your area
Mozzarella / Chévre
Hard Cheeses / Paneer
Discover Cheese Full Day Intensive
Cheese Plate/Soft Cheeses
Brie and Cambozola / Fromage Blanc
Stilton, Chévre and Cambozola
Do you have a group of friends that are interested in learning how to make cheese? Contact me for group bookings and to customize your groups needs and learn how you can enjoy a day crafting your own home made cheeses for FREE!
Have Curds will Travel!
Private classes available for Family/Friends and Corporate appreciation parties. Email or phone for more details and pricing.
Learn how to make your own Stilton cheese! Then explore the delicious cross between a blue and a Camembert with Cambozola. We will also be working with soft, spreadable Chévre which students will infuse with herbs, spices and botanicals and bring home to enjoy with family and friends. Instruction and a kit to make your own at home are included.
10.30 to 2.30
Cost: $150
Nov 19th
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Class outcomes:
Students will learn about the various types of cheeses and how to craft them at home. Classes include fresh soft cheeses (Fromage Blanc/chevre), soft mold ripened cheeses (camembert/brie), blue cheese, Feta and ricotta, pressed cooked cheeses, cheddar and the milling process, mozzarella using a rapid acidification process as well as a culture/lipase process.
Students will have a comprehensive understanding of the process of cheese making and how to control the process so they can attain the results needed in a particular cheese. Ingredients and instructions are included to replicate the class at home.
Fundamentals of hand crafting your own cheese:
* history of cheese making both traditional methods and standardized methods
*Types of cheese: fresh, soft ripened, mold ripened, washed curd, natural rind/washed rind hard cheeses, blues
*types of milk: homogenization, pasteurization, heat treatment
*lactic bacterial starter cultures and their role: mesophilic/thermophilic
*other bacterial cultures, molds and yeasts and their role
*traditional cheese making styles
*types of rennet, Floccuation and coagulation/calcium chloride
*controlling curd/whey temperature and ripening time to create final cheese texture and flavor
*PH/Acidity levels
*Affinage: caring and aging your cheese
*waxing, oil rubs, bandaging cheese
*washing and brines, using spices and flavorings
Gabriola classes start at 10.30 and run to 2.30 and include kit and instructions to make your own at home unless otherwise stated.
48 hour pre-registration is required, payment due upon registration, class credit applied for missed classes, no refunds.
Summer Cheese Sessions
These are demonstration style: taste, touch and feel classes, cheese is enjoyed by participants.
Summer Series Madd Acres 2017: Gabriola: $50 2 hour class
kits available for purchase for $5 to make 4 lbs of cheese. Class run 2pm to 4pm unless otherwise posted.
Madd Edible Science For kids! July 22nd 11-12 and August 26th 10.30-noon
Mozzarella: June 8,20, 24th:10-12, July 25th, Aug 1,22 29
Feta: June 27th, 24th 1-3, July: 2nd, 22, Aug 3,31st
Farmer's Style Cheddar; June 17th 1-3,July 23 1-3 Aug 23rd
Fromage Blanc: June 22nd,Aug 24th Brie ($65): July 23rd 10-noon, 27th, Aug 17
For classes that are off Gabriola Island please register through the following links to recreation guides.
Whistler Parks and Recreation: www.whistler.ca 1 866 932 5535
Gourmet Warehouse: 604 253 3022
Courtenay: 250 338 1719 www.courtenay.ca
Powell River: 604 485 8902
Victoria: Fairfield Community Centre: 250 382 4604
Victoria West: 250 590 8922
Oak Bay: 250 370 7305
The London Chef: 250 590 1865 www.thelondonchef.com
Fairburn Farmstay and Water Buffalo Farm: http://www.fairburnfarm.bc.ca
40 Knots Vineyard: http://www.40knotswinery.com/events/
Sunshine Coast: www.scrd.ca 604 885 6800
Saltspring Island Classes: Parks and Recreation: 250.537.4448
Squamish: 604-898-3604
West Vancouver: 604 9254 7287
Revelstoke: Recreation
Nelson/Slocan/Castelgar Classes: Parks and Recreation: 250 354 4386
Vernon Classes: Parks and Recreation: 250 545 6035
Think your group, City, business or friends would be interested in cheese making courses? Contact Paula to discuss!
Fromage Blanc - Boursin
Instructions and cultures to make your own at home are included with class.
Madd Acres workshops: June 24th 1-3, August 24th 1-3
Please refer to the calendar page or email for dates in your area
Feta
Learn how to make your own Greek Style Feta cheese!
Gabriola summer sessions: $50
kits available for $5
, 31st 2-4 October 9th 1-3pm, Dec 30th 1-3pm
Cheese making in your area:
Please refer to the calendar page for dates near you
Learn how to hand craft basic everyday dairy which includes sour cream, cream cheese, butter, boursin, feta, ricotta, and cottage cheese. You will also bring home cultures to make your own at home.
cost: $140
August 27th , Sept 2, Oct 7th
Cheese Making 101
Learn how to create 4 easy cheeses using rapid acidification and create Paneer, Ricotta, and Mascarpone. This is a hands on class where students will be creating the cheese and includes delicious and unique ideas and tips for serving and enjoying the cheeses made. 10.30 to 2.30
Cost: $100
June 21, Oct 14,