Capers are the small, green, unripe fruit of a climbing plant
and have a very individual flavour.
They are sold pickled in vinegar.
If the vinegar is too strong, you may have to rinse the
capers in water before use.
Capers are much used in sauces for pasta, meat and fish.
These little Mediterranean flower buds – sometimes tiny,
sometimes fat and squashy – are an acquired taste, but do persevere. Capers add
a lively piquancy to all kinds of dishes, especially sauces and fish. Nobody
likes their first alcoholic drink, but we’ve all experienced how soon that
catches on, and it’s the same with capers. You can buy them either preserved in
salt (which I prefer) or in vinegar. Either way you need to place them in a
sieve and rinse them under cold water first. Capers in vinegar will keep well
once opened, provided the vinegar covers them completely. If
it doesn’t you’ll need to do some topping up.
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Char-grilled
Tuna with Warm Coriander and Caper Vinaigrette
Fresh
Crab Salad in Vinaigrette
Fried
Halloumi Cheese with Lime and Caper Vinaigrette
Fried
Herrings with Oatmeal and a Beetroot Relish
Fried
Skate Wings with Very Quick Homemade Tartare Sauce
Fried
Skate Wings with Warm Green Salsa
Frying-pan
Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella and Sun-dried Tomatoes
Gesülzte Forellen – Jellied Trout
Gratin
of Rigatoni with Roasted Vegetables
Grilled
Fish with Tartare Sauce and Melted Cheese
Hummer
Ragout (Hamburg Lobster Ragout)
Königsberger Klopse – Konigsberg
Meatballs
Linguine
with Sardines, Chilli and Capers
Luxury
Fish Pie with Rösti Caper Topping
Mediterranean
‘Red’ Grilled Fish
Oven-roasted
Fish with Potatoes and Salsa Verde
Pasta
Puttanesca (Tart's Spaghetti)
Pfifferlingsalut auf Bremer Art (Pickled Mushrooms)
Roasted
Fish Topped with Sun-dried Tomato Tapenade
Roasted
Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne
Roasted
Vegetable Couscous Salad with Harissa-style Dressing
Salmon
Fishcakes with Cucumber and Dill Sauce
Smoked
Fish Tart with a Parmesan Crust
Smoked
Haddock and Quail Egg Pie
Smoked
Mackerel Pâté with Ricotta
Tagliatelle
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Wholewheat Pepper & Caper Pizza
Wild
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