Dishes with capers - 32 cooking recipes

Today, capers have ceased to be something exotic; they can be easily bought in a supermarket and at any market. And just recently, this product was very mysterious to the average person, and in the most beloved “Olivier” it was replaced with the usual pickles.

Dishes with capers

At that time, not everyone knew that these were unopened buds of the caper plant, which grows in Asia and the Mediterranean. Thanks to its original taste and very special aroma, this plant is widely used in cooking and is a component of many dishes of Italian, Greek and other European cuisines. Homemade recipes with capers are very and justifiably popular. Pickled buds have a bright spicy taste, slightly sour and tart, so they add piquancy to any dish. They are used in sauces and marinades for meat and seafood, for preparing salads and savory appetizers. Few domestic housewives know what and how to cook with capers, since they entered our diet literally a couple of decades ago. They are not served whole, but mashed with herbs, butter and mayonnaise, finely chopped and added only at the end of cooking borscht and solyanka. It is recommended to store an open jar in the refrigerator for 9 months.