Cauldron boil, toil, and bubble,
Make our fruits, soft and supple,
Preserve our veggies, through and through,
Winter is coming, we'll need the food. 

Several lucky Cauldron Food School students toiled last night in the Cauldron Kitchen and learned how to make peach and poblano chutney and plum kolsch beer bbq sauce. Our Dave Neil lead students through the steps on how to make these delicious preserves. Each student took home several jars of their own product and thoroughly enjoyed slicing, peeling, charring, measuring, weighing, boiling, reducing, chopping, grinding, blending, straining, pouring, learning, chatting, mixing, sipping, and preserving.

Here is what they did:

Charring poblano peppers

Charring to a crisp poblano peppers

Stirring at the Cauldron

Peach and Poblano Chutney ready for reducing.

Reducing the plum and kolsch beer bbq sauce. The scent of this pot was devine.

The evening had a delightful start with delicious snacks to whet the appetite, and fuel the intense cooking. With a recipe in hand, and all the right equipment, students jumped into each task with gusto. During cooking times we took breaks to clean and sip a cold beer while the heat made our food invincible to spoilage.

Here is how it happened:

The Cauldron is prepared for the start of the class.

Recipes and start of class snack. So yummy!

Market fresh plums for the bbq sauce.

Preparing the pot for blending and reducing the bbq sauce.

Students at their tasks, making the work look easy.

Blending the peaches.

Straining the blended peaches.

Adding the right beer makes all the difference in the bbq sauce.

Spicing up the bbq sauce.

Pouring the peach and poblano chutney into jars.

The night’s work all ready to last for many winters long.

We thank all the students who joined us in this really fun class. We had lots of good laughs, tasted some wonderful things, and enjoyed each other’s company. We invite you to return.

The Cauldron Food School is hosting more of these canning workshops and all you have to do is visit our Cauldron Events page to sign up. We update it with new classes and canning themes often, so keep visiting us.

This Thursday is our famous Chicken Cutting 101 class. Sign up today with a friend because we need a minimum of 5 to make this class happen.

Here is some raw video footage of last nights class: