How to Make Wild Garlic Seed Capers

Wild garlic is the springtime gift that just keeps on giving and we’re doing our best to preserve this year's harvest for the year to come!
You can eat all parts of the plant from the bulb up (just make sure you have the landowners permission before removing any bulbs!) We've spent the season fermenting and drying leaves, pickling flower heads and made jar upon jar of pesto which have been emptied onto pasta, spread on pizzas and given to our nearest and dearest as little pick me ups during lockdown 💚.
Wild garlic seed capers are incredibly flavourful and pack a real punch. A little goes a long way and we tend to use them most for garnishing canapés but they will add a real depth of flavour in any recipe which calls for traditional capers. Making wild garlic seed capers is a labour of love, removing the individual seed from the seed head can be incredibly laborious but I can assure you that it is well worth the effort!
Head to wearethesaltbox.co.uk/wild-ga... for the full recipe, and we'll catch you again for the next step after the seed heads have salted for three weeks!
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[@teresaroviras1344]

will try this! thank you. where do you get your nice large jars please?

[@teamsaltbox]

These big jars are from IKEA!

[@teresaroviras1344]

@@teamsaltbox good old ikea! thank you so much, will look out for them.

[@olbapche]

the seeds are in the jar! now it's 3 weeks room temp or in the fridge?

[@teamsaltbox]

Amazing! Screw the lid on to the jar tight and place in the fridge for three weeks shaking the jar daily. You can read the full recipe at wearethesaltbox.co.uk/recipe/wild-garlic-seed-capers/. Hope they turn out well!

[@adamwashington9565]

I have them now in a jar as you suggested with the salt it has been 24 hours. There is now condensation in the jar is this normal?

[@teamsaltbox]

Absolutely, the salt starts drawing out the moisture from the seeds almost instantly. Just make sure to shake the jar daily to redistribute the salt.

[@jasonreeves7731]

Do you drain any liquid that appears over the time they are salting or do you leave the liquid out

[@jasonreeves7731]

Are you draining the excess liquid the salt draws from it away or keeping it until the 3 weeks is over

[@teamsaltbox]

Jason Reeves, no need to drain off any of the liquid that draws out. We will post another video for the next step this week 👍