Cooking Index - Cooking Recipes & IdeasCapers in our A-Z (Page 2) - Cooking Index

Capers

Capers are the small unopened buds of the Mediterranean bush, Capparis spinosa L. (syn. Capparis rupestris). It is closely related to the cabbage family, but the plant is more reminiscent of a rose bush.

Salted capers should be rinsed before using to remove the excess salt and pickled capers are usually drained before use. Much used in Mediterranean cooking, they add tanginess to dishes such as pasta sauces, pizzas and salads and go very well with meats and fish, in particular Anchovies and are they key ingredient in Tartare sauce. If you are lucky enough to be able to grow caper plants, the tender young shoots and baby leaves can also be eaten as a vegetable, in salads or pickled.

They have a flavour which can be described as sharp, mustard-like and peppery .

Today, capers are found growing wild all over Mediterranean and are also cultivated in many countries including France, Spain, Italy, Morocco and Algeria.

A herbal tea made of caper root and young shoots is considered to be beneficial against rheumatism.

Relevant Recipes for Capers

Recipe Names

  1. Veal With Lemon And Capers
  2. Yellow And Red Bell Peppers Filled With Tuna And Capers
  3. Yukon Gold Potato Hash With Broccoli, Capers And Nyons Olive

Recipe Ingredients

  1. Bayerischer Wurstsalat (Bavarian Sausage Salad)
  2. Beef Rolls - {Bracioline}
  3. Beef Stew With Capers And Olives
  4. Beer Sauce For Baked Fish
  5. Beet Tartare
  6. Beets With Garlic-Walnut Sauce
  7. Belgian Endive Stuffed With Crabmeat Ravigote
  8. Belgian Endive, Pomegranate And Orange Salad
  9. Bell Pepper Salad
  10. Bertolli Marinated Shrimp
  11. Bibb Lettuce Sauce
  12. Big Jim's Grilled Chicken Thighs With Garlic And Herbs
  13. Bitter Green And Egg Salad
  14. Black And Green Olive Tapenade
  15. Black And Green Olive Tapenade With Goat Cheese Crostini
  16. Black Olive And Tomato Tapenade
  17. Black Olives With Tomatoes And Capers
  18. Black Olives With Tomatoes And Capers Over Pa
  19. Blender Bearnaise
  20. Blue Crab Cakes With Cayenne Mayonnaise
  21. Bluefish As The Fisherman's Flag - {Bandiera Alla Marinara}
  22. Bluefish Brunch Salad
  23. Boiled Meat In Sauce - {Lesso In Salsa}
  24. Boiled Shrimp Dip
  25. Bollito Misto With Salsa Verde
  26. Bollito Misto With Salsa Verde
  27. Bollito Misto With Salsa Verde
  28. Bollito Misto With Salsa Verde And Friggone
  29. Boneless Shad Layered With Its Roe
  30. Boston Baked Scrod
  31. Boston Baked Scrod
  32. Bowties With Potatoes, Capers And Olives
  33. Braised Rabbit With Olives
  34. Bread Dipping Sauce
  35. Bread Provencale
  36. Bread Salad - {Panzanella}
  37. Bread Soup
  38. Breast Of Turkey With Mustard-Caper Sauce
  39. Brennan's Creole Martini Caesar Salad
  40. Brigitte's German Cabbage Casserole
  41. Broiled Filet Of Shad
  42. Brown Butter Sauce
  43. Bruschetta Bar
  44. Bruschetta with Chopped Tomato Salad (1 PT)
  45. Buca Di Beppo's Chicken Cacciatore With Garlic Mashed Potato
  46. Buca Di Beppo's Chicken Saltimbocca
  47. Buca Di Beppo's Chicken With Lemon
  48. Buca Di Beppo's Filet Cacciatore
  49. Buca Di Beppo's Salmon Siracusa
  50. Butter Poached Sturgeon