Course curriculum

    1. Equipment Needs for Lacto-Fermentation

    2. Sanitation Practices for Wild Fermentation

    1. What is Lacto-Fermentation?

    2. Understanding Salt for Fermentation

    3. What is Koji?

    1. Ratio Recipe for Lacto-Fermented Vegetables

    2. Russian Style Sauerkraut

    3. Apple + Chili Sambal

    4. Ramp "Kimchi"

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    5. Odds n' Ends 'Kraut Juice + Seasoning Powder

    6. Classic Kimchi

    1. Basic Miso

    1. Coffee Grounds + Egg Amino Sauce

    2. Meat Bone Amino Sauce

    1. End of Course Survey.

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About this course

  • $80.00
  • 16 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

Lacto-Fermentation

Welcome to Lacto-Fermentation with Jori Jayne Emde.  This predominantly text-based course will guide you through comprehensive and straightforward lessons and recipes for understanding how to create healthy lacto-ferments using salt as the medium and different ingredients such as cabbage for sauerkraut to meat bones for an amino rich seasoning sauce.

You Will Learn

  • What Lacto-Fermentation is and the biology of what’s going on in the jar.

  • How to factor in salt ratios for different ingredients, such as salt for vegetables vs proteins

  • How to use your food scraps, like spent coffee ground and egg whites to make a flavorful and healthy amino sauce for seasoning foods.

  • Creative flavor building ideas

Student reviews

Elizabeth Wunder

5 star rating

“I appreciate the conversational style of the writing. I can practically hear the voice of the author as I read it. My one question is that, you mention placing your jars/vessels in the oven. My concern is that jars like Ball and Kerr are not desi...”

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“I appreciate the conversational style of the writing. I can practically hear the voice of the author as I read it. My one question is that, you mention placing your jars/vessels in the oven. My concern is that jars like Ball and Kerr are not designed for the dry heat of the oven. I caution people against using this method. I understand the desire to conserve water, I just don't want to see shattered jars from dry heat exposure. ”

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Meet Your Teacher

Instructor Bio:

Jori Jayne Emde is a chef, fermentationist and alchemist. Jori practices her unique process of whole utilization: maximizing the yield from each ingredient through the processes of fermentation, preservation, and extraction. An Austin, TX native, Jori completed an associate degree in culinary arts from Le Cordon Bleu in 2002 before immediately moving to New York City. She promptly worked her way into the kitchen at Lupa Osteria Romana, where she was the first female to ever work the pasta station in any of the then Batali/Bastianich establishments. From Lupa, Jori transferred to another Batali/Bastianich property, Esca, where she honed her skills and cultivated her passion for working with fresh fish. In 2004, Jori left the Batali/Bastianich empire and started working with Zakary Pelaccio at 5 Ninth Restaurant and then continued on to Fatty Crab. Working with Zak refined her palate and knowledge further, as she absorbed the techniques and flavors heavily influenced by the Southeast Asian cuisines that Zak mastered while living in Thailand and Malaysia. In 2011, Jori and Zak moved to the Hudson Valley and renovated a 150-year-old carriage house that became the widely acclaimed and award-winning restaurant Fish & Game. She was Co-Chef and responsible for the restaurant's impressive larder of ferments and preserves, both sweet and savory. In 2018, Jori presented at Yale University for a Fermentation Intensive put on by Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking. In 2019 Fish & Game was listed in Esquire's 40 Most Important Restaurants of the Decade. In 2020, Fish & Game closed and Jori and Zak moved to Taos, New Mexico, where she launched a comprehensive online fermentation school that she merged with the female owned and operated The Fermentation School. Jori is a member of Psychedelic Support and has a certificate in Understanding Psilocybin: Effects, Neurobiology, and Therapeutic Approaches. She also has an accredited certification on Medicinal Plants from Cornell University, and holds many certificates from Alchemy Guild. Currently Jori is running her natural wine bar, Corner Office, in Taos, NM which received Esquire’s 50 Best New Restaurants in 2023.

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