Vegetable
Salt-Packed Caper
S tier
Salt-packed capers are the cook's grade: dry salt, no vinegar, floral and intense once rinsed. Italian and Spanish serious kitchens prefer them to brined supermarket buds. Rinse and soak. The vinegar jar is convenient and less aromatic.
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Preparations
PiccataPutanescaRinse Soak
Traits
AromaticChef GradeDry SaltIntense FloralItalian SpanishNo VinegarNot Vinegar BrightRinse
History
IT
Mediterranean packers kept capers in dry salt as the keeping and flavour method.
Chefs specified salt-packed capers against vinegared grocery buds.
Salt-packed jars became a specialty grocery item beside brine.