Nasturium flowers and leaves add a great peppery flavor to your salad. But did you know the seeds can be pickled to make a tasty treat very similar to capers
Nasturtium Seed Capers
Nasturium flowers and leaves add a great peppery flavor to your salad. But did you know the seeds can be pickled to make a tasty treat very similar to capers?
Real capers are pickled buds from the caper bush, a perennial shrub that thrives in the Mediterranean region. Capers are considered a gourmet condiment and these pickled nasturtium seeds are a close substitute.
After the blossom falls off, pick the half-ripened (still green) nasturtium seed pods. Keep a batch of the following mixture in a covered jar in your refrigerator. I just keep adding the seeds to the jar as they are available. A couple weeks after the last seed is added (or you sart a second jar) your capers are ready.
2 cups white vinegar
1 teaspoon pickling salt
1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced
1/4 lemon or lime, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon mustard seed
2 bay leaves
1 clove garlic, whole
4 to 6 peppercorns
1 teaspoon celery seed
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