I Contadini Capers in Salt From Racale

Racale sits in the Salento countryside, where I Contadini has spent thirty years growing and preserving vegetables the old way. These capers are salt-cured rather than brined in vinegar, a traditional method that keeps their flavor sharper and more concentrated than the jarred kind most cooks reach for. I Contadini grows its own produce on family land in Puglia and uses no preservatives, relying on salt alone to hold these capers through the season.

TASTING: briny, sharp, tangy, salty

PAIRING: Vermentino, smoked salmon, lemon

SERVING: rinsed and scattered over a classic chicken piccata, stirred into a puttanesca sauce, or chopped into a tartar sauce for fish

INGREDIENTS: Capers, Salt

GROWN IN: Racale, Salento, Puglia, Italy