Opies Capers with Spirit Vinegar

Capers in spirit vinegar are an essential ingredient in pasta puttanesca, a classic spicy and sour Italian pasta dish. The capers have an intense sour-salty flavour that lifts rich sauces. Use capers in salad dressings and to make your own tartar sauce.

They’re a popular ...Capers in spirit vinegar are an essential ingredient in pasta puttanesca, a classic spicy and sour Italian pasta dish. The capers have an intense sour-salty flavour that lifts rich sauces. Use capers in salad dressings and to make your own tartar sauce.

They’re a popular ingredient in butter sauces for skate and other white fish, and are often scattered over smoked salmon. Capers are the unripe flowers buds of Mediterranean plants called Capparis spinose and Capparis inermis. Once picked, the buds are sun-dried and preserved in brine or vinegar to enhance their lemony, salty flavours.

Ingredients: capers, water, spirit vinegar (18%), salt.