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Cooking with Cheese
Caprae at Prairie Fruits Farm
4410 N. Lincoln Ave.
Champaign, Illinois 61822
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The menu is set for Cooking with Cheese, an evening with Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery founder and original Head Cheesemaker, Leslie Cooperband.
Doors open at 4pm with a welcome cocktail and guided farm tour, meeting the goats behind the cheese and learning how our regenerative farming practices shape everything we make here. Dinner follows at 5pm, an intimate, multi-course meal built around our artisan goat cheeses, with Leslie leading a cooking demonstration and discussion at each course.
On the menu:
Amuse bouche: fresh fig stuffed with cracked pepper chèvre, wrapped in bacon
Starters: grilled eggplant, heirloom tomato and bloomy rind stack with basil pesto; cider glazed cabbage crostini with Blushing Goat
Palate cleanser: local peach granita
Mains: hand made ravioli stuffed with whipped chèvre and feta in heirloom tomato broth, shaved Moonglo, and fresh herbs; roasted sweet corn salad with fresh and pickled peppers, tomatoes, and feta
Dessert: Basque cheesecake made with chèvre and gournay, finished with honey sautéed pears
Wine pairings, thoughtfully selected to match, are poured throughout the evening.
$85 per person, plus tax and service ($102 total). Seating is very limited given the hands-on, demonstrative format of the evening, so we encourage you to reserve early.