Name: Elderberry Capers
Ingredients: 500 g unripe, green elderberries; 1 bay leaf; 5 g ground mace; 500 ml water; 150 g salt; 50 g caster sugar; 25 g caster sugar; 2 juniper berries; 300 ml white wine vinegar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Too Many Chiefs Only One Indian

By Sat Bains

Published 2012

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Ingredients

For the Elderberry Capers

500 g unripe, green elderberries
150 g salt

Method

Very seasonal, but very much a store cupboard ingredient. Out of season, ordinary caperberries can be used.

Day 1: Layer the berries in a tub with the salt and sugar. Pour the water over and leave for 24 hours.

Day 2: Bring the vinegar to the boil with the sugar and spices. Rinse the berries and cover with the vinegar. Ideally leave for a few weeks or months before using them.</