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Mozzarella & Ricotta at Larson Farm
Sunday, July 16, 2023
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Wells, VT
Sponsored by the Rutland Co-op and Vermont Farmers Food Center.
Join the Larson Family and cheesemaking enthusiast Joanne Peters Steele to learn how to make ricotta and mozzarella in your kitchen!
In this cheesemaking class we will be making mozzarella cheese and ricotta cheese using rennet and citric acid as coagulating agents. Participants will work in pairs so that the cheeses are made by each participant and the learning process is reinforced by assisting a partner to make their cheese. Participants will need to bring containers to transport their mozzarella, ricotta and the liquid whey.
If you would like to continue to make cheese at home, we will be selling cheesemaking kits for $25.00. Please email mollie@ruralvermont.org after you register if you like to purchase a home kit.
Sliding Scale: $30 - $45 per registration
Registration Required
More about the teacher: Joanne Peters Steele grew up in rural Washington County, New York. Her great-grandparents were avid stewards of the land and milked two Guernsey cows. Joanne spent a lot of time with her great-grandfather milking the cows by hand and helping her great-grandmother make butter and cheeses. She continues to retain the traditional ways of their ancestors. Not only does she enjoy making the products, but she enjoys teaching others these traditional skills. Joanne was a nurse-midwife for more than three decades. Her children are grown, and she will teach her grandchildren traditional skills as her great-grandparents taught her.
More about Larson Farm: The raw milk at Larson Farm comes from 100% grass-fed Jersey cows. At Larson Farm, the cows are on pasture from May 1st through early November, at which time they are fed a diet of dry hay or fermented hay (silage). They always have access to fresh water, salt, and a vitamin/mineral supplement, kelp and clay. The no-grain diet results in milk with a high level of CLAs and Omega-3 fatty acids, both beneficial to human nutrition.