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Discover the art of pickling and elevate your culinary skills with hands-on cooking classes in Los Angeles. Learn the techniques, tips, and recipes to create delicious pickled dishes and impress your friends and family with your newfound culinary expertise.

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Quick Pickles

The King's Roost @ 3734 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Pickle a peck of un-preserved peppers!   Pickles, green beans, carrots and more! learn to quickly and easily make the tastiest pickled veggies in no time at all!

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Pickles, Jams, and Chutneys

The King's Roost @ 3734 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Do you love condiments, sides and toppings? Well most of those things are some kind of ferment or preserve and they are easy to make!  In this class I will show you some of my favorite fermenting, canning and preserve recipes that are always crowd pleasers. Not only do these add a special touch to so many dishes, they make great gifts and are also a great way to use up an overabundance of fruits and veggies. Snacks will be provided and you...

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Discover the Best Pickling Classes in Los Angeles

Pickling is a method of preserving foods using acid. While the “standard” pickle in the United States is a cucumber, and indeed many of the most frequently pickled foods are vegetables, virtually any food can be preserved and flavored through an acidic pickling. In fact, many cultures worldwide pickle various ingredients to produce distinctive national dishes. For example, German sauerkraut and Korean kimchi both rely on pickling cabbage, pickled pork is a staple in any Louisiana kitchen, and pickled herring is one of the best-known foods in Nordic cuisine.

There are two methods for pickling. The simpler method, a vinegar immersion, involves placing food in a solution of vinegar that can be flavored with whole spices. The more complex method involves anaerobic fermentation in brine, in which bacteria produce lactic acid that helps the brine become acidic enough to preserve the food.

In both cases, pickling is defined by the exposure of food to acid. With a sufficiently acidic pH, a pickling liquid becomes an environment hostile to the growth of harmful bacteria like clostridium botulinum which can spoil food and cause botulism. At the same time, the acidity promotes the growth of beneficial bacteria like lactobacillus, which is known to impart a distinctive tart flavor to foods and beverages, and may even have certain health benefits when introduced into the gut biome.

Why You Should Learn Pickling in Los Angeles

Pickling can be a great way to live a more sustainable, zero-waste lifestyle. Whether you’re looking into self-sufficient homesteading or simply looking to support a local CSA, there are plenty of ways that pickling can help make effective use of food in a more sustainable lifestyle.

If you’ve ever opened a community-supported agriculture box and come face to face with a weird vegetable that you don’t know how to cook with, pickling can be a great option to put many of those tough-to-use ingredients to use. For the combination of sustainability and distinctive flavor, look no further than pickling as a go-to preservation method.

In-Person Pickling Classes in Los Angeles

When it comes to leveraging local resources for pickling classes, your best bet is to rely on small local farms and DIY organizations that teach practical hands-on skills. One such organization is The King’s Roost, Los Angeles’ first urban homestead. The King’s Roost is dedicated to the idea that it feels good to make and do things by hand. From milling your own flour to baking your own sourdough to keeping your own chickens for eggs, The King’s Roost believes that it doesn’t have to be difficult to make delicious handmade foods with fresh ingredients that feel good to use.

While The King’s Roost started with hand-milled flour, its DIY philosophy has expanded into many areas. Several workshops on pickling have, in the past, featured among the course offerings of The King’s Roost; in prior years, they’ve conducted workshops on Pickles, Jams, and Chutneys, on Quick Pickles, and on Organic Sauerkraut. Whether it be broad preserving techniques, a quick vinegar pickle, or a long-stage anaerobic fermentation, The King’s Roost has the DIY knowledge to get started with pickling. Keep an eye on their updating course offerings as their classes return after some post-COVID adjustments.

Virtual Pickling Classes 

If the small, local options prove too restrictive, consider broadening your approach and leveraging one of the many available online pickling classes listed on CourseHorse. While perhaps not as intimate as an in-person class at a local homestead, online classes provide the same quality access to expert instructors passionate about pickles on a scale somewhat larger than what may be available in your local community.

Broadening the scope from local to national resources opens up access to organizations like The Chopping Block, Chicago’s premier recreational cooking school, for classes on pickling techniques. Their classes prioritize hands-on experience through the practical performance of technique rather than simply following a recipe, which means you’ll have plenty of opportunities to refine the prerequisite pickling skills.

As summer begins, it brings an array of seasonal produce that many consider personal favorites. The Chopping Block prepares to get the most out of summer’s peaches in Sweet and Savory Peach, a class that teaches multiple methods for incorporating peaches into culinary creations. A quick pickle can provide a tangy twist to the sweet summer fruit, making a great centerpiece for a savory salad of arugula and basil. Because The Chopping Block’s approach emphasizes building technical proficiency in cooking techniques, pickling techniques feature as a core component of what is covered in this cooking class.

While peaches are currently in season, be sure to keep up to date with the upcoming course offerings of The Chopping Block. In time, more classes devoted to pickling and to other sustainable cooking and preserving techniques may appear on CourseHorse’s listings. In the past, The Chopping Block has organized virtual classes like Refrigerator Jams, Jellies & Pickles, which focus more specifically on techniques for preserving foods. Pickling techniques featured in this class through a quick pickled dilly bean, a tasty way to prepare and preserve summer green beans. Water bath canning, a slightly more time-intensive way of pickling that ensures contents are shelf-safe without refrigeration, was not actively conducted during this class, but instructions for the process were provided in a recipe packet to help facilitate this method of pickling at home.

If a comprehensive approach to sustainable cooking techniques drives your interest in pickling, keep an eye on the course offerings from New York-based cooking school Teaching Table. Teaching Table operates on a fourfold strategy to shop less, cook more, and waste nothing. Teaching Table believes in sustaining the environment and local communities by sourcing ingredients from local vendors. Past online offerings include classes like Cook with What You Have designed to help make the best use of the ingredients in your pantry. For more upcoming classes that cater to a sustainable mindset and an unwillingness to let food go to waste, keep an eye on Teaching Table’s rotating selection of classes.

Private Group Pickling Classes in Los Angeles

While many DIY techniques like pickling are done in the service of self-sufficiency, they can also be incorporated into group bonding experiences. DIY food projects like making pickles, preserves, and ciders are often household events where everybody, including children, participates. Just as important as the food preservation is the activity itself; the social component is an integral part of the process. Because of the social nature of such activities, CourseHorse offers pickling classes for private groups to serve as the setting for group socialization.

While many associate charcuterie with meats and cheeses, pickles form a prominent part of a proper charcuterie board, and no quality spread is complete without tasty artisanal pickles. With CourseHorse’s Virtual Charcuterie Board Party, learn how to make your own pickles and artfully display them alongside homemade mostarda and a hand-folded salami rose. All the necessary materials for pickling are listed on the comprehensive recipe list for this event, so you’ll know everything you need to make tasty pickles in a vinegar-based solution flavored with spices like black peppercorns and bay leaves. 

If the listed group classes don’t quite suit your particular preferences for pickling, CourseHorse can help to arrange for a more personalized class for you. You can contact CourseHorse about additional options for individualized pickling classes, and they will get to work helping to schedule the perfect event for your group.

It’s easy to book an online group course with CourseHorse. Simply follow their streamlined online checkout process to book an event. It’s even easy to book without a solid headcount; simply select the “I’m not sure” option under your group size, and CourseHorse will hold your date and won’t finalize billing until you’ve finalized a headcount. Even if you book with a specific number, it’s easy to change your group size after the fact. Once you’ve booked a date, you will receive a confirmation of your booking within 24 hours, and your event provider will also reach out with a personal introduction and additional information to prepare you for your event.

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