Plant based sauce demonstration

Join us for an in-depth sauce making demonstration that teaches you how to make several fantastic sauces from common garden ingredients such as tomatoes, peppers, and tomatillo!

Bottle the vegetable abundance that sometimes feels excessive in August and September. We’ll demonstrate options for breaking down three classic garden vegetables–tomatoes, peppers, and tomatillo! We’ll focus on making family sized batches of delicious condiments and highlight opportunities to simplify the process. Do you really want to blanch and skin all those tomatoes? Maybe, but maybe not. What about the peppers do I need to remove all the seeds? All of the techniques, tricks, and tips we’ll be sharing can be adapted to many different recipes! To wrap things up, we’ll sample four sauces inspired by American BBQ, Japanese, Latine, and Indian cuisine.

This workshop is an in-depth deep dive into the plants, the cooking, and the practical. Participants will take home our garden-sauce makers’ flowchart, the recipes we used for each sauce, and plenty of memorable tastes. We are excited for participants to cook in small groups during this class. This 120-minute project was designed for those aged 18 and up.

General Information:

We recommend navigating to the Observatory Drive and Babcock Drive corner. Plan to head north on Babcock Drive. The entrance to the garden is on Babcock Drive. You are welcome to drop off in the circle but we are not allowed to park there. Google maps will sometimes confuse the garden’s address (620 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI 53706) and navigate to Leopold Residence Hall.

Street parking is free on the weekend. Consider near the Garden on Babcock Drive (lot 34), near Porter Boathouse on Babcock Drive (lot 35), and near Babcock Dairy (lot 40). There is paid parking in the Observatory Drive Ramp next to Steenbock Library (lot 36). Lot 36 costs $4 for the first two hours. More information about parking on campus can be found here: https://transportation.wisc.edu/visitor-parking/

Workshops are held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, we will move inside the DC Smith Greenhouses and do things there. Should this need arise before the start of our program, then participants will be notified via email two hours prior to the event. If the weather looks unfavorable please check your email before heading out. All the needed plant materials will be brought to DC Smith Greenhouses (465 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI 53706).