Capers, pickled flower buds from the caper plant, are used in a variety of Mediterranean dishes, including sauces like lemon caper and mustard caper. They can also be used in dips and tartar sauce.
The humble caper, a food of Mediterranean origin, is used in a wide variety of foods throughout the Mediterranean and parts of the Middle East. One of the most famous uses of the caper is in sauces, which can feature the caper as a main ingredient or as one among an assortment of ingredients. Caper dips can be served with fish, meats, roasted vegetables, pasta, and a wide variety of other dishes, and some cooks enjoy concocting their own version of caper dip with ingredients they particularly enjoy.
Capers are pickled flower buds from the caper plant, known to botanists as Capparis spinosa. They have a tart, salty taste from pickling and come in various sizes. Some capers are extremely small, about the size of a peppercorn, while others are large enough to require cutting before they can be used in recipes. Most grocery stores carry capers, usually in the same aisle that stock other pickled foods. Another product of the caper plant is the caper berry, the fruit of the plant, which is also sold in pickled form.
One of the most classic uses of the caper is in a lemon caper sauce. This sauce features capers, lemon juice, garlic sautéed in butter, and lemon zest. It is a spicy sauce with a fresh and slightly salty taste, particularly suitable for fish and pasta. The lemon caper sauce can be made very quickly and keeps for several days in the refrigerator. Ingredients such as dill can be added for more flavor variation.
Capers can also be used in an unusual variation of the basic cream sauce that is popular in some regions of the world as a condiment for roasts and hearty fish. Mustard caper sauce, another sauce that includes capers, often has a creamy texture, with mustard and capers as the key ingredients. This sauce is tangy and tangy.
Tartar sauce is traditionally made with capers in some regions, although other people use the seasoning or a mix of pickled vegetables. This sauce is used as a dip for some fried foods and is sometimes used to dress sandwiches. Another variation of the basic caper sauce is tomato caper sauce, which involves the use of tomatoes that can be roasted for a sweet, intense flavor; this sauce goes well with pasta and can be made with herbs for a more layered flavor. Caper sauce with olives includes a mix of capers and olives, similar to what is seen in puttanesca, another sauce traditionally made with capers.
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