Fermentation workshop: Make your own sauerkraut & kimchi

An in-depth introduction into everything you need to know about lactic fermentation techniques. Learn how to make sauerkraut, kimchi and other vegetables. Discover new ways of combining these ancient foods into everyday meals.

During the session we will focus on making our own sauerkraut and easy kimchi.

You will make one jar of mixed veg sauerkraut and one jar of kimchi, to learn the fundamentals of safe fermenting. At the end of the course you will have two items to ferment at home along with recipes and the knowledge and confidence to experiment further.

Please bring two glass jars with you (roughly 750ml) to encourage the re-use of old jars.

Fermentation, the oldest and most natural way to preserve vegetables, is known to preserve and even enhance the nutritional value of foods. Lacto-fermentation helps you bring good bacteria back into your gut and offers you live foods and vitality in your diet.

Workshop details

Capacity: The maximum group size will be 12 people.

Tickets: The ticket price includes ingredients - please bring your own glass jars, roughly 750ml size.

Refreshements: Hot drinks, and biscuits will be available throughout the session.

Facilities: A compost toilet is available at the Orchard with hand sanitizer for hand washing.

Parking: There is plenty of free road-side parking along Ransom Road.

Contact: If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the organiser at info@staa-allotments.org.uk

About Chiara Dellerba

Chiara is an artist based between the UK and Italy. Her work focuses on ecology, slow down and collective-care practices and their civic impact on society. She makes installations, interactive performances, collaborative-based works and books as toolkits to investigate the city, the environment and the future of our society. In 2017 she co-founded F-L-A-T-5, an interdisciplinary research space which explores domestic narratives and place making dynamics. In 2019, she founded Zona Planetaria, a research-based residency programme which promotes slowing down and contemplation as practices in which caring, resting, suspending can be reclaimed as political acts by and for everyone.

About the Community Orchard

This workshop will be run from our Strawbale Building on the Community Orchard. This unique building is hand-built from bales of straw and weatherproofed with clay sourced on site. It’s also off-grid, being naturally insulated by a living roof, with solar panels and a log-burner.

The Community Orchard is a garden maintained by STAA for educational purposes featuring a variety of mature fruit trees, many of them heritage varieties, and also includes a pond and a stream.

This event is organised by STAA, a small charity that manages a number of highly regarded projects across 30+ plots at St Ann's Allotments that provide community benefit and offer a wide variety of volunteering opportunities.