COURSES and EXPERIENCES
Are you fed up with tasteless supermarket cheese that's full of preservatives?
Do you want to know where your food comes from?
Wondered about making your own cheese but always thought it was too time consuming and difficult.
At Abbey Farm Cottage Jonty our cheese maker will show you how to make fabulously tasty cheese in our kitchen using everyday kitchen equipment, (some basic cheese making equipment is required which we can supply for pick up at the farm).
Whilst on the course we use our own Raw Goats milk from our goats we do give you the adaptions to make the cheeses using shop bought milk and our recipes are inter changeable between Cow and Goat milk.
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Cheese Courses are either:
Haloumi Experience make your own haloumi around a light lunch incorporating produce from the farm
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. £50 person (minimum 2 people)
1/2 day ( approximately 3-4 hours)2 cheeses, yoghurt and tasting of our Rosedale Cheeses
£95 per person max 8 people
Full day (approximately 6 hours) 3 cheeses, yoghurt and tasting of our Rosedale Cheeses
£125 per person max 8 people
Corporate bespoke courses can be arranged please email for details and prices
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Goat Experience which is Meet and pet the goats see how we make Rosedale cheeses,taste our Rosedale Cheeses and enjoy a light lunch incorporating produce from the farm. £50.( per person (minimum 2 people)
Meet the Goats £25 per family of 4 every day (except Tuesday)in the summer school holidays and Saturdays term times. 9.30 and 4.30pm please email suzie@abbeyfarmcottagerosedale.com to book as places limited to 10 people per session, so as not to disturb the goats this may include bottle feeding kids dependant on the time of year.
If you want to do this outside of published dates please contact Suzie for availability.
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Goat Keeping Experience (over 16's only )
Have you been thinking about keeping goats why not come to Abbey Farm Cottage and spend either a whole or half day learning about them it's an early start to see the milking process and through to feeding and general goat care. Prices are 1/2 day £95 including breakfast and whole day £150 including breakfast and light lunch showcasing products from the farm. these courses are on an ad hoc basis so please contact suzie@abbeyfarmcottagerosdale.com for availability
Current cheese course dates
Dates for whole day cheese courses are;
Saturday 23rd March 2024
Saturday 13th April
Saturday 11th May
Saturday 8th June
Saturday 20th July
Saturday 10th August
Saturday 7th September
Saturday 12th October
11/2 day cheese course ;
We are holding these courses for 2024 on an ad hoc basis, please email for current availability
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Halloumi Making
We are holding these courses for 2024 on an ad hoc basis, please email for current availability
Please contact Suzie @abbeyfarmcottagerosedale.com to arrange a date.
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If you are interested in any of our courses and experiences and the published dates don't suit please e-mail Suzie and she will see if we can put another date in the diary.
To book onto the above courses or to discuss a bespoke course please email suzie@abbeyfarmcottagerosedale.com
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