What you'll leave with
- Two beginner's cheeses you made yourself, ready to eat or share
- Cheesecloth and rennet, so you can keep making cheese at home
- Connection with the small group of fellow cheese-lovers you made cheese alongside
Workshop in detail
Turn milk into cheese with Paula at De Kaasserie, and find out how much of the process you can actually do yourself. Paula walks you through each stage by hand: warming the milk, adding cultures and rennet, cutting the curds, and shaping your own cheese. Along the way she explains the science behind what is happening in the pot, not just the steps to follow. You taste different cheeses as you go, both for inspiration and to understand how ageing, salt, and technique change a cheese's character. Then it is your turn to make two beginner's cheeses of your own. You leave with both cheeses, plus cheesecloth and rennet to keep the process going once you are home.
Details
Duration
3 hours
Group size
6–12 participants
Language
English
Location
De Kaasserie
Bellamystraat 8, 1053 BL Amsterdam
Good to know
- No experience needed. Groups are kept small for hands-on, personal guidance throughout. Taught in English; Dutch available on request.
Meet your artisan
Paula Colchero
Paula founded De Kaasserie in Amsterdam Oud-West, where she teaches beginner cheesemaking workshops. She grew up moving between Mexico, the United States, and Chile before eventually settling in the Netherlands, and food became the thread that held those places together for her. In 2012, missing a c…
Speaks English, Spanish
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