Curious Courses™
As well as making some of the best bacon in the world, in our world class #plasticfree packaging, we also run courses on how to make it. Plus we have a passion for sourdough, and preserved vegetables, running courses for these too.
Read about each course here, and click Course Dates at the bottom to view availability.
An Introduction to making bacon
An Introduction to making bacon
Price £35.00
Our bacon course will teach you how to turn a pork belly into a delicious piece of meat which will keep for a long period of time in your home fridge. You'll create a cure, add some optional flavour, and take home some belly to turn into bacon. Once dried, it will provide you with approximately 30 slices of bacon.
Meat is a treat. All our pork is Organic from Helen Browning's Organic, Bishopstone, Wiltshire and possibly some from Cling Clang Farm in Enstone, just a few miles up the road.
The salt used for curing is from Halen Mon on Anglesey.
Most of our flavours are Organic from Just Ingredients, locally foraged or grown in our own or some of our friends gardens.
Course Content
Safety - how to keep and make safe bacon
Some history - a bit about the history of bacon making and its origins
Why do we make bacon?
How are the different types of bacon made? - there are a number of different processes, we're concentrating on one simple one.
What are the goals? - fabulous tasty bacon :)
Some science - how does curing work?
Some mystery - a bit about the mystery of bacon, and wowing your friends
Hands on.. - we get practical and cut up some pork and make a cure
Experimentation - what you can do to experiment with your own recipes at home
Try some.. - cook a bit of Curious Bacon and see what you think
Ingredients and suppliers - where to buy the ingredients you'll need
You'll need...
Please bring with you:
Apron
Long hair tied back
Clean hands and nails
No finger jewellery
Course DatesAn Introduction to Sourdough Baking
An Introduction to Sourdough Baking
Price £30.00
More and more people are finding that shop bread is making them ill. Seeking a better bread I started making sourdough a few years ago. On this course I teach a fool proof method to make amazing sourdough at home. You get to take home some dough and continue the proving at home, baking a wonderful loaf the following morning.
Why not sandwich some of our Curious Bacon™ between two slices of bread you've just baked. You'll really appreciate the difference and not want to go back to shop bread and preservative stuffed bacon ever again.
Course Content
What is Sourdough?
How is it different from normal shop bread?
Making a starter
Making dough
Baking your loaf
Sourcing ingredients
Experiments
You'll need...
Bring with you to the course:
- An apron - silly ones are more fun :)
- A jar for taking your starter home
- A bowl for taking your dough home
- A banneton is useful for proving your bread
To bake at home you'll need:
- A dutch oven or roasting tin with a lid
- A hot oven!