Join an intimate group of passionate food lovers as we dive into the world of cured meats. Unlike other fermented foods, curing meat requires a certain level of precision and knowledge to ensure safety. In this class, you’ll learn the basics of curing meat at home safely, so you can enjoy this rewarding practice and art while making your own delicious cured meats.
Good-quality cured meat can be expensive, but doing it at home allows you to cut costs and add your own personal touch to every creation.
This class offers a general overview of how to cure meats safely in your own home. You’ll learn techniques for curing a variety of meats, including Coppa, Lomo, Salami, and more. People have been curing meat for thousands of years, but today it’s a practice mostly left to professionals—ranging from local artisans to massive factory production. While meat curing does require some essential knowledge, it is, in many ways, incredibly simple.
After learning the basics, we’ll sample some salami and enjoy homestead treats like sourdough bread and kraut.
About your teacher:
Yoshua has been teaching people how to cook and homestead for over a decade. For many years he was the co-host and co-creator of a show called Brothers Green Eats, an alternative cooking show that garnered millions of fans and over 100 million views. Along with his brother, they traveled the world teaching people how to cook creatively with what they had, ditching fancy ingredients and making cooking accessible to nearly anyone. They even ended up with a show on MTV cooking for celebrities around the globe. Now, Yoshua resides in Boulder, living with his partner and 9 month old Amiya, where they have a 5 acre homestead with goats, chickens, rabbits and a deep connection to nature.
These classes are fun, free flowing and so much more than a step by step guide to making sausage, they are a journey into the creative process that births life itself.
Class Overview:
Date & Time: Dec 8th, 1130-130pm.
Location: You Enjoy Life Homestead in North Boulder. (Location revealed upon sign up)
What You’ll Learn:
How to safely cure meats.
Techniques for curing meat in your refrigerator at home.
Specific molds to look out for, both good and bad.
Information on how to cure a variety of meats.
How to create your own meat curing fridge.
What’s Included:
Hands-on guidance in making a variety of cured meats.
Space for questions and feedback.
A communal meal, where we enjoy cured meat, sourdough and fermented creations together.
*Options for private 1:1 classes or private group workshops available upon request. Email Yoshua at youenjoylifemusic@gmail.com to book.
Some reviews from Yoshua’s Sourdough classes
“The sourdough class with Yoshua was by far one of the best hands-on workshops I've ever been to (and definitely the most delicious). I appreciated how we walked through each major phase of the sourdough process in the course of 90 minutes, because of the preparation that Yosh had done in advance. I was able to ask all of my questions, while getting hands-on experience with the parts that felt the most intimidating. Not only did we learn the science (and art) of sourdough but my mind has been opened to the wider world of fermentation and I've already begun creating a 'project-based' kitchen with many of the lessons learned. The workshop culminated in the most unbelievably tasty spread of warm sourdough and many other fermented goodies, nourishing conversations and considering the larger (slightly existential) wisdom of the fermentation process. As Yoshua said right out the gate, "fermentation is simply creating the conditions for transformation to arise." So basically, we are now alchemists and life is much tastier. Thank you, Yoshua and Aja for an amazing experience. “
~ Kelly Wilde Miller
“You were incredibly right about the process. You can’t really mess it up. Letting go of control and precision and outcome… there is no right way. Bread is like life. It’s just effort and being in what you’re attempting to create. I’ve been in a real block lately on my next steps in life. Most abstract way, but I see now why we block and ultimately sabotage ourselves”
~ Amelia A Moore
“Thank you for all these additional tips, feeling so encouraged and supported on my journey to make dat breadddd ! I bought a Dutch oven today and a handful of supplies, feeling pumped to start making living bread medicine! Thank you brother:)”
~Dan Stein
Special Notes:
Wear comfortable clothing and be prepared to get your hands dirty.
6 people max for an intimate hands on experience.
To Register: Please click below and sign up. If you’d prefer to send Venmo, you can send to @youenjoylife. Please include your name and email in the Venmo notes so we can send the address and any further instructions for the class. Or email youenjoylifemusic@gmail.com with proof of purchase.
*Cancellation Policy: If you are unable to attend class and let me know with more than a week left or class is cancelled due to weather/emergency, I will happily refund your ticket or reserve it for another class. If you cancel within a week of class, your ticket will be reserved and go towards a credit for a future class of your choosing.