Bärlauchkapern passen gut auf einen Vorspeisenteller.
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Wild garlic capers

How about a delicious recipe with caper buds? These small, salty buds add a delicious touch to many dishes and I have an easy recipe for you to try Bear’s garlic is a delicious ingredient that is often used in spring cooking. But what happens when the season is over and you still want to enjoy wild garlic? A great way to make wild garlic last longer is to use wild garlic buds. In this recipe I show you how to pickle wild garlic buds in vinegar. This will keep them for several months and you can use them as a garnish or ingredient in various dishes. So, let’s get started and see how easy it is to preserve wild garlic buds!

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Difficulty:

Ingredients

Makes 4 jars of 125 ml each:

120 g wild garlic buds

250 ml herb vinegar

40 g sugar

1 tsp salt

Black peppercorns

Preparation

Wash the wild garlic buds, pat them dry and distribute them evenly over the glasses.
Boil the herb vinegar with sugar, salt and peppercorns for a few minutes and then divide evenly between the jars. Close the jars immediately.
Leave the jars in a cool place for about 2-3 weeks, then the wild garlic capers are ready to eat.

Tip

Wild garlic capers go well on a starter plate, on a sandwich, as an addition to a herb curd or in other variations as a decorative eye-catcher.