Recipe: Peasant Capers
Description: 🌼 If you have a garden with these wonderful flowers, you can have these inexpensive capers. By the way, the flowers and leaves can be used in salads.
Keywords: 🍽️ “Weeknight”
Recipe Category: ☀️ Summer
Total Time: ⏰ 16 hours
Prep Time: ⏰ 10 minutes
Cook Time: ⏰ 16 hours (marinating)
Yield: 🍯 1 quart jar
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 99.5
- Fat: 0.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Sodium: 4714.3mg
- Carbohydrates: 22.8g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Sugar: 1.2g
- Protein: 3.3g
Ingredients:
- 1 cup white wine vinegar
- 6 shallots
- 1 horseradish
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp clove
- 1 nutmeg
- 1 mace
- Nasturtium buds (as needed)
Instructions:
| Step | Instruction |
|---|---|
| 1 | Combine everything but the pod in a pot and bring to boil. |
| 2 | Let cool. |
| 3 | Pour into a jar. |
| 4 | After blooms drop off the Nasturtium flowers, pick off have ripened pods. |
| 5 | Wash and pat dry the pods. |
| 6 | Put pods in the jar. |
| 7 | Keep adding as your crop develops. |
| 8 | Keep refrigerated. |
Directions:
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Prepare the Brine: In a pot, combine white wine vinegar, finely chopped shallots, grated horseradish, salt, pepper, clove, nutmeg, and mace. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil over medium heat.
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Cool the Brine: Once boiled, remove the pot from heat and allow the brine to cool to room temperature. This step ensures that the flavors meld together perfectly.
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Transfer to Jar: Carefully pour the cooled brine into a clean quart-sized jar. The jar should be sterilized beforehand to maintain freshness.
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Harvest Nasturtium Buds: As the blooms drop off the Nasturtium flowers, inspect the plant for ripened pods. These pods will serve as your “capers.”
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Prepare Pods: Wash the harvested pods thoroughly and pat them dry with a clean kitchen towel. Ensuring they’re dry helps in preserving them well.
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Add to Jar: Place the washed and dried pods into the jar with the prepared brine. Ensure they are fully submerged in the liquid.
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Continued Harvest: As your Nasturtium crop continues to develop, keep adding the ripened pods to the jar. This ensures a continuous supply of homemade capers.
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Storage: Seal the jar tightly and store it in the refrigerator. Proper refrigeration helps in maintaining the freshness and flavor of the capers.
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Enjoy: These homemade peasant capers are ready to enhance your salads, dressings, or any dish that calls for the tangy, flavorful addition of capers. Enjoy the fruits of your labor! 🌱
