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Baby caper stems and leaves pickled in red wine vinegar. Kappari (caper) grows almost everywhere in Cyprus and pickled capers are a popular appetiser or accompaniment to other dishes and salads.
Name - Recipe
Καρποί κάπαρης ξιδάτοι.
1kg of capers
1lt red wine vinegar
Salt
Pick the capers and put them in a bowl with plenty of water for 7 days. Change the water every day. Then drain them and add lots of vinegar and salt. In a few days you can serve them. (Kourri and Lazarou 2007)
Preserving in vinegar.
Additional information and bibliography
Oral testimony: See Kourri, P. and Lazarou, S. (eds.) (2007). Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data.
Stalo Lazarou
Καππάρι ξιδάτο. Πηγή: Βαρβάρα Γιάγκου.
Τρυφερά φύλλα κάππαρης (καππάρι) συντηρημένα σε ξίδι. Πηγή: Βαρβάρα Γιάγκου.
Καππάρι (φύλλα, καρποί και άνθη). Άδεια δημοσίευσης: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας.
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