Example Culinary Itinerary
Farmstead Creamery
Farmstead – defined by The American Cheese Society as dairy products using 100% milk from the farm’s own animals.
Immerse yourself in a hands-on, educational cheesemaking experience during your culinary getaway. Elite experts of Medicine Bow Creamery at The Farm at Brush Creek will lead you through a robust itinerary learning the step-by-step process of cheesemaking. Explore the innerworkings of Wyoming’s only Grade-A Goat Dairy – from the breeding and raising of our goat herd, to the farmstead creamery process of using only our herd-sourced milk to craft our award-winning cheeses. Discover how to age cheese gracefully, and even how to set up your own process at home.
Creamery Experiences
Intro to Cheesemaking
- Discover types of milk and the cheese tree, including acid set, lactic set, and rennet set cheese.
- Review food safety procedures, then roll up your sleeves to begin the process of making fresh cheeses such as ricotta, mascarpone, and chevre.
- Learn about the types of cultures, their characteristics, and how to use them.
- Take away recipes and cheese to enjoy at home.
Burrata & Mozzarella Making
- Learn what rennet is and why it’s crucial in cheesemaking.
- Discuss why cheeses stretch or melt before going through a process of cheese curd cutting, draining, and pressing.
- Spend the afternoon in our creamery making ricotta and practicing the art of stretching mozzarella curd.
- Transform the two into irresistible burrata you can bring home to enjoy!
Full-Day Cheesemaking Apprentice
- Discover the world of running a farmstead creamery with an all-day experience in the Dairy and Creamery.
- Discuss affinage: the art of aging cheese gracefully to achieve the perfect taste and desired texture.
- Check the pH for quality control and monitoring the acid development.
- Review different rinds and learn how to set up an at-home aging cave.
- Break mid-day for a gourmet farm-to-table lunch served in Cheyenne Club at The Farm.
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