Practical Preserving @ Home: Vege Stock Powder

PRACTICAL PRESERVING @ HOME: VEGE STOCK POWDER

with ELLEN SCHINDLER

Tuesday 23 January - 5.30pm to 7.30pm (2 hours)

Who doesn't love a hearty broth? But aren't stock powders and cubes full of salt and additives? What if we could show you how to make your own vegetable stock powder - one that can last for ages, with only as much salt as you want, and that can even make use of veges that might otherwise go to waste!?

Join expert tutor Ellen Schindler at Kelmarna Community Farm for this crash course in making your own vegetable stock powder at home. Find out how easy it is to turn odd and ugly vegetables into nutritious gourmet flavour, seasoned to your taste, with no additives, no fillers, and for an unbeatable price!

What to expect:

In this workshop, you'll learn about the ingredients and the recipe, you'll go through the process step by step, and you'll have a chance to take a portion of the result home to share and enjoy. Ellen will begin the session with information on food dehydrators and vegetables that can be used, before you get hands-on to prepare and dehydrate some vegetables firsthand. 

After you've experienced these essential steps, Ellen will guide you to make the powder in a food-processor (using vegetables dehydrated beforehand) to realise the finished product. Once the powder is ready, you'll have a chance to make and taste the glorious stock by testing the ratio of adding the powder to hot water.

Tickets include: theoretical and practical instruction in preapring, dehydrating, and powderising vegetables; access to ingredients, equipment, tastings, and a portion of finished stock powder to take home

What to bring:

Essential:

• a small sealable container (to take home some stock powder)
• a hair covering (for food hygiene; like a hat or bandana)
• a refillable water bottle (to stay hydrated)
• weather appropriate gear (to keep comfortable on the farm)

Recommended:

• a pair of single use gloves (if you have a pair; nitrile, not latex!)
• a kitchen knife and cutting board (if you're able to bring them, for your use)
• a pen and notepad (to take notes, if you like)
• a face covering or mask (for indoor areas and close quarters, if you prefer)

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Ellen Schindler is a passionate gardener and community organiser. Since 2006 she has nurtured her home garden in Sandringham into a productive food system with about 55 fruit trees of all types and sizes, beehives, chooks, and vegetable patches. She is also a committed volunteer who has been instrumental in establishing the Homestead and the Dignan Street Community gardens in Pt Chevalier and has been involved in planting and maintaining fruit trees in parks and grass berms across Sandringham.

Ellen loves to indulge her interests and push boundaries of what she can accomplish at home, applying knowledge and skills to put environmental values into practise for the benefit of health, community, and planet. Ellen believes that healthy food should be accessible to everyone, and teaching hands-on DIY workshops is one of her favourite ways to achieve this goal!

In this workshop, Ellen is looking forward to sharing with you her experience in homemade healthy options for delicious, nutritious kai, and encouraging you to explore the process for yourself -- hopefully for you to find that it’s good fun and a lot easier than it looks!