SALTY BUDS
Many people enjoy the tasty, salty and slightly floral flavour of capers without realising these tiny morsels are the edible unopened flower buds from the caper plant.
From the same plant comes the caperberry, which is the fruit that arrives after flowering, larger than the caper but with the same flavour.
Capers are often mixed through pasta sauces and other Mediterranean dishes while caperberries mostly appear on grazing platters or cheese boards as bite-sized pops of flavour — delicious, especially when eaten alongside cheeses and creamy dips.
The caper bush is a
