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The salted and pickled caper bud (also called caper) is often used as a seasoning or garnish. Capers are a common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine. The mature fruit of the caper shrub is also prepared similarly, and marketed as caper berries. | The salted and pickled caper bud (also called caper) is often used as a seasoning or garnish. Capers are a common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine. The mature fruit of the caper shrub is also prepared similarly, and marketed as caper berries. | ||
The buds, when ready to pick, are a dark olive green and about the size of a kernel of [[maize]]. They are picked, then pickled in salt, or a [[salt]] and [[vinegar]] solution, or drained. This is how intense flavour develops, as [[mustard oil]] (glucocapparin) is released from each caper bud. This enzymatic reaction also leads to the formation of rutin often seen as those | The buds, when ready to pick, are a dark olive green and about the size of a kernel of [[maize]]. They are picked, then pickled in salt, or a [[salt]] and [[vinegar]] solution, or drained. This is how intense flavour develops, as [[mustard oil]] (glucocapparin) is released from each caper bud. This enzymatic reaction also leads to the formation of rutin often seen as those �crystallised� white spots on the surfaces of individual caper buds. | ||
Capers are a distinctive ingredient in Sicilian and southern Italian cooking, used in salads, [[pizzas]], [[:Category:Meat_recipes|meat dishes]] and pasta sauces. Examples of uses in [[Italian cuisine]] are [[chicken piccata]] and [[salsa puttanesca]]. They are also often served with cold [[smoked salmon]] or [[cured]] [[salmon]] dishes (especially [[lox]] and [[cream cheese]]). Capers are also sometimes substituted for [[olives]] to garnish a [[martini]]. | Capers are a distinctive ingredient in Sicilian and southern Italian cooking, used in salads, [[pizzas]], [[:Category:Meat_recipes|meat dishes]] and pasta sauces. Examples of uses in [[Italian cuisine]] are [[chicken piccata]] and [[salsa puttanesca]]. They are also often served with cold [[smoked salmon]] or [[cured]] [[salmon]] dishes (especially [[lox]] and [[cream cheese]]). Capers are also sometimes substituted for [[olives]] to garnish a [[martini]]. | ||
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== How much does one cup of capers weigh? == | == How much does one cup of capers weigh? == | ||
''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:'' | ''Estimated [[Generic_conversion_table#Volume|US cup]] to weight equivalents:'' | ||
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|Whole Capers (drained)||1 Cup||175 g||6 oz | |||
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We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]]. | We also have a [[generic conversion table]] and a [[portions per person lookup]]. | ||
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