Fermenting for Gut Health, Sauerkraut Workshop

Learn how to improve your immune system and gut health with the power of probiotic-rich fermented foods.

In this workshop you will make your own jar of sauerkraut and a jar of brine fermented (pickled) vegetables to take home.

Ferments are highly nutritious and are an excellent way of storing food, with a compelling and complex flavour. On this workshop you will learn how to create nourishing ferments at home using a range of vegetables, explore how the fermentation process works to benefit your overall health and sample a variety of tasty fermented goods.

You will discover:

• The ways in which your gut bacteria help us throughout our lives, and how to introduce fermented foods into your diet in easy and accessible ways.
• How the fermenting process works to make tasty foods from a variety of vegetables
• About Probiotics and Prebiotics and why we need to include both to stay healthy
• About your body's Microbiome and how to look after it
• How to prepare and maintain the right environment for 'good' bacteria to thrive in jars and in your bodies
• How your immune system is linked to the diversity of your gut ecology
• Common fermenting failures and how to avoid them
• Some basic but really tasty fermenting recipes to get you started
• How to use taste and timing to gauge when fermentation is ready

What should you bring?

• A packed lunch
• Paper and pen if you want to take notes
• Kitchen utensils will be provided but bring your own favourite knife or an apron if you like.
• I will supply enough fresh organic vegetables for all the ferment types you'll be making, but if you'd like to add your own home grown or wild foraged produce them please bring it along.
• 1 clean 'clip-top' (Kilner) jar 0.5 litre size. You are welcome to bring other types of jar but clip-top jars are 'self-burping' so are safer and generally more reliable