Caper Sauce

Name: Caper Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 tablespoon flour; 1 cup beef stock or 1 cup lamb stock, depending on the food with which it is to be served; 1 tablespoon capers, drained (and cut into halves if large); 2 teaspoons malt vinegar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; fresh ground black pepper

Submitted by FLKeysJen

"From "The Cooking of the British Isles" by Adrian Bailey."

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photo by breezermom

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 1 cup

ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 1 cup beef stock or 1 cup lamb stock, depending on the food with which it is to be served
1 tablespoon capers, drained (and cut into halves if large)
2 teaspoons malt vinegar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper

directions

In a heavy 8 to 10-inch skillet, melt the butter over moderate heat. When the foam begins to subside, stir in the flour and mix thoroughly. Pour in the stock and, stirring constantly with a whisk, cook over high heat until the sauce thickens and comes to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer the sauce for about 3 minutes to remove any taste of raw flour. Then stir in the capers, vinegar, salt and a few grindings of pepper. Taste for seasoning and serve hot from a small bowl or a sauceboat.

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Reviews

Had it with a leg of duck, superb.

paulscully5
My wife and I love this sauce with almost any type of grilled fish. It is quick and easy to fix. I found I can play around with the amount of capers and malt vinegar depending on the type of fish I am cooking. More malt vinegar for fried cod, meaty fish like tuna or less for light flaky grilled fish like snapper. I even use it on my fish tacos.

Jamest
Made this recipe with vegetable stock. Worked beautifully with some Salmon I was lucky to pick up cheap at our local supermarket. Simple, effective, and plenty of praise from all who partook of this sauce. Complemented the flavour of the fish beautifully. Will be making this sauce again next time we have one of the stronger flavoured fishes.

martynkjones
Wonderful sauce for fish. I used fish stock and served over tilapia fillets. The saltiness of the capers just made the fish sing....thanks for sharing such a quick and easy way to dress up a meal. Made for Photo Tag!

breezermom