Mozzarella Cheese Making Workshop

Thanks to a grant from the Tahsis Literacy Society, Stephanie O. and I put on a mozzarella cheese making workshop today and it was a lot of fun!  Everyone who came out successfully made delicious fresh mozzarella, and we enjoyed testing some on a homemade pizza with Epicure pesto mix and some drizzled olive oil, with BC tomatoes and sage, lemon thyme, rosemary and oregano from the CMESS herb garden.

Photo by Jennifer B.

Photo by Jennifer B.

Photo by Jennifer B.

 
Everyone went home with the supplies to make several more easy 30 minute batches.  Thanks to Raj S. at Tahsis Supermarket for bringing in the milk, and Healthyway Natural Foods in Campbell River for bringing in the rennet.  When we live far from urban centres, it's important to have supportive local businesses who are willing to bring in special orders for us!

    

The recipe we used was from Barbara Kingsolver's book about local eating: "Animal Vegetable Miracle", available through Vancouver Island Regional Library, along with several other resources on cheese making.  For delicious Epicure spices and all kinds of other great kitchen supplies and ingredients, contact Aubrey S. at Epicure Madness.

If you have an idea for creating a workshop and you think it fits with the mandate of the Tahsis Literacy Society to create, facilitate, and sustain a community of lifelong learners, contact TLS coordinator Louise Guilbert to obtain a grant application at tahsisliteracy@gmail.com.