Nasturtium capers

It turns out Naturtums have a lot more uses than just a pretty edible flower!! My plants were getting a bit wild and overtaking the garden so I picked all the flowers and collected a whole bunch of seed pods to make Nasturtium Capers.

Pickled Nasturtium Seeds aka poor man's capers. Full recipe in the link. Our garden full of nasturtiums was just going over and what I thought would be a quick tidy, turned into a full day pulling up all the nasturtiums and collecting the seeds. I love peppery nasturtium flowers in salads but I'd never had a big enough crop to pick the seeds until this year. So pick I did! Then I brined and pickled. ⁠ I'm looking forward to pickled nasturtium seeds in salads, pasta and who knows what else. ⁠

How to make nasturtium capers by pickling nasturtium seeds, a recipe and step by step guide to enjoy and make as an edible gift.

Before you yank your plants out, hunt for those little pods to get one last use out of your nasturtium crop! You don’t need more than a handful to turn them into tasty “capers,” and though they’re sometimes called poor man’s capers, they have a distinct, mustardy flavor all their own.

Whether forage for nasturtium seeds or pick them from your garden, combine with a pickling liquid for a jar of homemade Nasturtiums Capers.

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